Score one for the little guys.
After watching some excellent coaches walk out the door over the years – from Trent Johnson (basketball) to Mark Fox (basketball) to Curt Kraft (track) to Mike Shrader (swimming) to Michelle Gardner (softball) to Jay Johnson (baseball) to Neil Harper (swimming) – Nevada finally won a battle.
Eric Musselman, who met with Cal twice this week over its open position, pulled his name from consideration Wednesday to stay at Nevada. I’ll repeat: a coach picked Nevada over a Pac-12 school.
It was a major upset and could end up being a turning point in the history of Nevada athletics for a couple of reasons.