After being jilted by Chris Beard, UNLV has moved forward with the announcement that Marvin Menzies has been hired as the new basketball coach of the Runnin’ Rebels, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.
The hiring was announced Saturday but can’t become official until the University of Nevada Board of Regents signs off on the contract.
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Menzies was most recently head coach at New Mexico State. He was an assistant on coach Lon Kruger’s UNLV staff in the 2004-05 season.