Stacey Augmon’s wife goes on Twitter rant
January 11, 2016 - 12:17 pm

UNLV assistant coaches, from left, Ryan Miller, Stacey Augmon and Todd Simon watch the Rebels take on Albany during their game Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014 at the Thomas & Mack Center. (Sam Morris/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

UNLV assistant coach Stacey Augmon talks with UNLV forward Goodluck Okonoboh during the second half of their Mountain West Conference tournament quarterfinal game against San Diego State Thursday, March 12, 2015, at the Thomas & Mack Center. San Diego State won 67-64. (Sam Morris/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

UNLV assistant coach Stacey Augmon talks to guard Kendall Smith during their exhibition game against Florida National University Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. (Sam Morris/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

UNLV assistant coach Stacey Augmon talks to UNLV guard Rashad Vaughn during the first half of their Mountain West Conference game against New Mexico Friday, Jan. 9, 2015 at the Thomas & Mack Center. (Sam Morris/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

UNLV coaches, from left, Todd Simon, Stacey Augmon, Dave Rice and Ryan Miller watch a free throw attempt during the second half of their Mountain West Conference tournament game against UNR Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at the Thomas & Mack Center. UNLV won 67-46 and will face San Diego State on Thursday. (Sam Morris/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

UNLV associate head coach Stacey Augmon talks to forward Stephen Zimmerman Jr. during UNLV‘s season opener against Cal Poly on Nov. 13, 2015, at the Thomas & Mack Center. UNLV won 74-72. Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau
Upset that Rebels great Stacey Augmon was passed over for the interim head coaching job at UNLV in favor of fellow assistant coach Todd Simon? So is Augmon’s wife, Leslye, who posted an irate tweet Sunday as the news broke that Rebels coach Dave Rice was fired and Simon was named interim coach.