UNLV Basketball Finds Coach In Dave Rice, Former Jerry Tarkanian Player

Larry Brown has been connected to every coaching job, at nearly every level, since being fired by the Charlotte Bobcats in October. The next logical progression is for Brown to toss his name into the search for the next head basketball coach at UNLV, which he did on Saturday. Brown let it be known he’s been in contact with the UNLV athletic director Jim Livengood about the vacant job on the same day Livengood announced interviews had been completed on Friday.

But don’t count Brown as a shoe-in for the job as his chances are slim and he’s more of an afterthought than a serious candidate, according to Sports Illustrated.

Kruger left the program on April 1 to take the head job at Oklahoma, doubling his dollars in the process by signing a $2.2 million-per-year contract.

Theus to CSN California: