The Washington Huskies announced Tuesday that Dave Rice, the former head coach at UNLV and an assistant last season at Nevada, will join the UW men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach.
The hire completes the assistant coaching staff of first-year coach Mike Hopkins, who was hired March 17 to replace Lorenzo Romar. Rice, 48, joins Will Conroy and Cameron Dollar on an assistant staff comprised of coaches with considerable west-coast familiarity.
A native of Pomona, California, Rice compiled a 98-54 record in four-plus seasons as head coach at UNLV before being fired amid a 9-7 start during the 2015-16 season.