When UNLV athletic director Tina Kunzer-Murphy began looking for a new football coach late in 2014, the search process was smooth.
Bishop Gorman High School’s Tony Sanchez was the leading candidate. Really the only candidate.
The search for a men’s basketball coach earlier this year had more twists than a roller coaster, with Cincinnati’s Mick Cronin turning down the job, Chris Beard accepting it only to leave a short time later for Texas Tech, and finally New Mexico State’s Marvin Menzies getting the position in April.
But as different as the searches were for UNLV, they had one important similarity: Both hires are minorities.