One of UNLV’s best football players declared for the NFL draft on Friday, ending a record-setting run with the program.
Callie Fin
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Callie Fin was hired by the Review-Journal in April 2024 to cover the Aces and UNLV. She previously worked for Yahoo Sports and NBC Sports. She was born in New York, but has lived most of her life in Sacramento, California. She earned her bachelor’s degree from UC Riverside and her master’s degree from San Francisco State, and she ran the hurdles on the track and field team at both schools.
The UNLV football team shut out Cal in the second half to secure a victory in the LA Bowl on Wednesday at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
UNLV offensive coordinator Brennan Marion will not coach against Cal in Wednesday’s LA Bowl. He is poised to take a head coach job, according to multiple reports.
Longtime UNLV wide receivers coach Del Alexander has been with the program through some huge ups and downs. Now he’s leading the team in Wednesday’s LA Bowl.
The details of new UNLV football coach Dan Mullen’s contract were released Monday, and he will make quite a bit more than Barry Odom did with the Rebels.
Jackson Woodard has remained resolute that he will play in the LA Bowl on Wednesday. The senior linebacker wants to help UNLV earn its 11th win this season.
Dan Mullen, who has coached at two SEC schools, was introduced as UNLV’s football coach Friday. He replaces Barry Odom, who left to take the Purdue job.
Larry Lewis, who most recently worked as an assistant coach for the UC Santa Barbara men’s basketball team, has joined Aces coach Becky Hammon’s staff.
Dan Mullen, a former Mississippi State and Florida coach, was hired Thursday to take over a UNLV team that Barry Odom built into a Top 25 program in two seasons.
Former SEC football coach Dan Mullen emerged as a name to watch in UNLV’s coaching search, and offensive coordinator Brennan Marion has interviewed for the job.
A California school will become the 10th member of the Mountain West in 2026 — but not in football.
Barry Odom will almost triple his UNLV salary in his first year as coach of the Purdue football team, according to contract details released Tuesday.
UNLV football players didn’t immediately announce plans to enter the transfer portal, which opened Monday, one day after coach Barry Odom left for Purdue.
Teams from the Big Ten and SEC will meet in the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 27 at Allegiant Stadium.
UNLV athletic director Erick Harper is speaking Sunday at the Fertitta Football Complex after football coach Barry Odom left to take over at Purdue.