Quarterback Harrison Bailey and wide receiver Ricky White III helped lead Marietta High School to Georgia’s big-school state football title and now are teammates at UNLV.
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The Rebels have filled their coordinator vacancies by announcing the hiring Keith Heyward and Nick Holz as defensive and offensive coordinators, respectively.
New defensive coordinator Keith Heyward and UNLV coach Marcus Arroyo served together on the staff of Mario Cristobal at Oregon in 2019.
UNLV has hired Raiders assistant wide receivers coach Nick Holz as offensive coordinator. He spent the past 10 years with the NFL team.
UNLV announced its 2022 schedule, which includes a trip to South Bend, Indiana, and the Fremont Cannon game’s return to Las Vegas.
The departure of Peter Hansen, UNLV’s defensive coordinator since 2020, comes eight days after offensive coordinator Glenn Thomas left for Arizona State.
After signing 10 new players during the Early Signing Day, UNLV and coach Marcus Arroyo added seven more Wednesday, including former Tennessee QB Harrison Bailey.
Armani Rogers spent his entire collegiate career at quarterback, but ahead of the 2022 East-West Shrine Game in Las Vegas, the former UNLV QB is learning a new position.
Even though he’s an alternate, former UNLV running back Shaquille Murray-Lawrence hopes to compete in the Winter Olympics in the four-man bobsled events.
After two years at UNLV, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Glenn Thomas has been hired away by Arizona State.
Former UNLV running back Larry Croom, who played for the Rebels in 2002 and 2003, scored a touchdown in the East-West Shrine Bowl, Hula Bowl and Blue-Gray Classic.
Justin Rogers is the second quarterback to leave UNLV following the retirement of former local Bishop Gorman star Tate Martell.
In another transfer portal win for coach Marcus Arroyo, wide receiver Ricky White III committed to UNLV from Michigan State.
Shaquille Murray-Lawrence, a running back on the Rebels’ football team in 2013 and 2014, is one of two alternates for Canada in the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.