"I had a chance to hold the baby for a couple hours until 3 or 4 in the morning and recharge," he said.
His phone was jammed with about 600 text messages, he said, and he answered as many as possible before returning to work, where he's the UNLV basketball interim coach for the remainder of the season. It's a great career opportunity, but it also comes from great disappointment.
Simon was picked to replace the man who hired him. The Rebels have lost five of their past six games, and with the team headed in the wrong direction, Dave Rice was fired in the middle of his fifth season.