UNLV is hiring Portland State assistant basketball coach Jamaal Williams to the same position, completing its coaching staff after the departure of all three assistants.
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Donovan Williams, who spent the past season with the Rebels, made his summer league debut Friday for the Brooklyn Nets.
“Friends of UNILV” is a third-party program designed to assist UNLV athletes with name, image and likeness deals.
Wink Adams and Anderson Hunt lead a group of 11 new members of UNLV’s Hall of Fame in the school’s first induction since 2017.
The free event for UNLV fans will be held at Allegiant Stadium and will feature a 90-minute scrimmage.
The Las Vegas Lights and UNLV women’s soccer team will play a doubleheader on Saturday in an attempt to break the record for the highest attended women’s soccer game in Nevada.
Air Force could not keep Desi-Rae Young, the UNLV sophomore standout, away from the basket or free-throw line during their Mountain West tournament matchup.
Junior Essence Booker scored 17 points Tuesday as No. 1-seeded UNLV beat No. 5 Air Force in the semifinals of the Mountain West Tournament at the Thomas & Mack Center.
UNLV senior Bryce Hamilton was named First Team All-Mountain West by both coaches and the media Tuesday.
Bryce Hamilton scored 24 points, and Royce Hamm pulled down 16 rebounds to spark UNLV past Air Force on Tuesday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.
The departure of Peter Hansen, UNLV’s defensive coordinator since 2020, comes eight days after offensive coordinator Glenn Thomas left for Arizona State.
After a short stay at TCU, Tony Sanchez, who compiled a 20-40 record at UNLV, hopes to help turn around a New Mexico State football program for which he once played.
Guard Mike Nuga had 21 points and eight assists to help UNLV snap a five-game losing streak against Division I competition with a win over Seattle at Michelob Ultra Arena.
Former UNLV linebacker Jacoby Windmon is transferring to Michigan State, he announced Wednesday via Twitter.
In the coming months, Las Vegas will be a basketball Mecca with early-season tournaments and neutral-site games filling arenas around the city.