Hall of Fame
Men’s Basketball Coach (2000-09)
Turned in a 123-43 record in five seasons as Nevada’s head coach (.741) from 2004-09…was named the Don Haskins Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in three of his five seasons at the helm (2005, 2006 and 2007)…was the first coach in WAC history to be named coach of the year three consecutive years…led the Wolf Pack to five postseason appearances, including three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances from 2005-07…helped the Wolf Pack to four consecutive WAC titles as head coach and five straight as a member of Nevada’s coaching staff…was named the National Association of Basketball Coaches District 13 Coach of the Year in 2007…led the Wolf Pack to the best season in school history in 2006-07 with a school-record 29-5 overall record…that team climbed to the top 10 in the national polls for the first time in school history, reaching ninth in the coaches poll and 10th in the Associated Press rankings…won two NCAA Tournament games in his three appearances, advancing to the second rounds in both 2005 and 2007…joined the Nevada staff in 2000 as Trent Johnson’s associate head coach…helped the Wolf Pack to its first NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance and a share of the WAC title in 2004…left Nevada to become the head coach at the University of Georgia in the spring of 2009.
