Hall of Fame football coach Urban Meyer, who worked with UNLV coach Dan Mullen at a number of schools, attended the Rebels’ spring football practice Thursday.
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Power Four transfers Alex Orji and Anthony Colandrea are focused on learning new UNLV football coach Dan Mullen’s offense more than anything right now.
UNLV’s defensive coordinator and linebackers coach resigned for personal reasons Monday, while a former Raiders defensive coordinator was promoted.
Geno Smith is an obvious upgrade for the Raiders at quarterback, but the team still has a lot of work to do to contend in the fierce AFC West.
UNLV AD Erick Harper lost his football coach and hired his replacement, then fired his basketball coach and hired his successor — all in the past three months.
Point guard Dedan Thomas Jr. is leaving the Rebels after two seasons to transfer to LSU. He entered the transfer portal amid UNLV’s coaching change.
One of the coaches in the men’s Final Four this season said he interviewed with UNLV during the school’s coaching search in 2021.
New UNLV men’s basketball coach Josh Pastner has reportedly begun to fill his staff, zeroing in on an associate head coach.
The A’s play their first game at Sutter Health Park on Monday. It’s their temporary home before a scheduled relocation to Las Vegas in 2028.
A junior transfer from Boise State and a sophomore guard are the latest UNLV men’s basketball players to jump into the transfer portal.
One of the starters on UNLV’s men’s basketball team has entered the transfer portal, becoming the sixth player on last season’s squad to do so.
New UNLV coach Dan Mullen conducted his first spring football practice Thursday and loved being around his players.
Nick Kurtz, the fourth overall pick by the Athletics in last year’s Major League Baseball draft, is beginning the 2025 season Friday with the Aviators.
Josh Pastner won the news conference Wednesday. Now, the question is whether the coach can restore the UNLV men’s basketball team to its winning ways.
New UNLV basketball coach Josh Pastner will need financial support from the university’s NIL collective if he wants to turn the program around.