The Board of Regents were being a stick in the mud, but the deal to make Chris Beard UNLV's next head coach is finally done.
UNLV finally has its head coach in Chris Beard and the delay was due to the Nevada Board of Regents having reservations about the deal for the new Rebels head basketball coach. Beard's contract is a five-year deal and will average approximately $1 million per season.
The regents ultimately passed the deal with a vote of 9-4 with three of the no votes coming from Northern regents in chairman Rick Trachok, Jason Geddes and Robert Davidson, the other to vote no was Allison Stephens who is a UNLV graduate.