Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series detailing what the next UNLV athletic director faces. Part I is an overall look at the program and the parameters of the search. Part II, which will appear in Monday’s paper, takes a look at the state of the football and men’s basketball programs.
When UNLV went looking for a men’s basketball coach in January, the Rebels eschewed a search firm and did it themselves, and the following four months were a messy, embarrassing process that tarnished the program and university itself.
It’s process that won’t be repeated as UNLV looks for an athletic director.