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Report: Former Missouri State men's hoops coach Steve Alford headed to Nevada

Steve Alford talks about his time at Missouri State during a visit celebrating the 1999 NCAA Tournament team. Wyatt D. Wheeler, wwheeler@news-leader.com

Former Missouri State head coach Steve Alford is expected to be the next head coach at Nevada, according to Stadium reporter Jeff Goodman — who cited sources.

Alford was the last coach to lead the MSU men's basketball team to the NCAA Tournament. The former head coach led MSU to the Sweet 16 in his final year at the university in 1999.

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Alford then left MSU to take a job at Iowa, where he was the head coach from 1999-07.