Keith Bolton’s goal was to get Rebels ship-shape before shaping up

Keith Belton, UNLV director of football strength & conditioning, throws his hat during practice at Rebel Park on Monday, March 28, 2016. Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @jlscheid

One of the most important hires Tony Sanchez made when he became head football coach at UNLV first met all those players under his guidance — meaning every last one — outside the team’s weight room.

He opened a large hamper, removed over 100 towels and rags, and began handing them out.

Keith Belton will have as much to say about how improved the Rebels are this season and beyond as anyone, his responsibility to grow the physiques of boys into men and men into bigger men so that the Rebels can reach the…