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Nevada Basketball:School releases documents used to support hiring of assistant

The University of Nevada disclosed several documents as justification in their hiring of controversial Nevada assistant Yann Hufnagel.

On Friday, the University of Nevada released 21 documents which includes text messages between Nevada assistant coach Yann Hufnagel and a 24-year-old University of California basketball female reporter who accused Hufnagel of sexual harassment when Hufnagel was an assistant at California.

Hufnagel was hired by Nevada as an assistant coach on April 8th and his hiring came with a whirlwind of controversy due to him being fired at California-Berkeley for violating the school's sexual harassment policy.