UNLV
Only a month into his job as UNLV’s athletic director, Jim Livengood is living out of a hotel until he can complete his relocation from Tucson, Ariz.
Count Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White among those who are not excited about the finalists for the UNLV athletic director position.
The search for UNLV’s next athletic director could conclude with an offer to one of three finalists today, which probably explains the festive mood president Neal Smatresk championed at the school’s basketball game Saturday.
Bill Moos caught himself Monday saying “us” about the UNLV athletic department he hopes to run. … “I’m talking like I already have the job,” said the 58-year-old former Oregon athletic director, one of three finalists for UNLV’s AD position. … That remains to be seen. … UNLV president Neal Smatresk could make a decision as soon as tonight, after interviewing the final candidate, Arizona athletic director Jim Livengood.
Jim Livengood didn’t wait for anyone to ask, quickly addressing at this morning’s forum his motivation for wanting to become UNLV’s next athletic director. “I’m not interested in retiring. I’m interested in working,” he said. “I am incredibly interested in trying to become (the) new athletic director at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.”
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For those who have lived in Las Vegas since the mid-1980s and follow golf, the 2009 inductees to the Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame will be familiar.
When Morgan Hoffmann left Southern Highlands Golf Club on Friday after shooting par, the Oklahoma State freshman felt comfortable with the course. He thought he would play better in Saturday’s second round of the Southern Highlands Collegiate Championship.
