The coaching carousel is spinning in college basketball as fast as the transfer portal is filling up with players.
And UNM – players and coaches – are no exception.
Both second-year Lobos coach Richard Pitino and UNM athletic director Eddie Nuñez have told the Journal in the past 48 hours they are in talks on a new contract that would not only feature more money for the head coach and his staff but also an extension on the six-year contract he signed in 2021.
Meanwhile, neither would respond to Journal questions on Wednesday about whether Pitino or his agent is talking to any other schools about their job openings, as the Journal has been told by multiple sources.