ESPN.com · Apr 23, 2016
Marvin Menzies' UNLV Runnin' Rebels contract approved
LAS VEGAS -- Marvin Menzies knows he was not UNLV's first choice as men's basketball coach, and he doesn't mind.
He's the Runnin' Rebels' leader now and has some catching up to do.
UNLV's board of regents voted 12-1 to approve a five-year, $3.75 million deal for Menzies on Friday, ending a strange couple of weeks in Las Vegas.
"I'm not new to rejection, so it wasn't anything that was going to be life-threatening," Menzies said. "I think we're good to go; we've just got to get to work."
UNLV thought it had a replacement for Dave Rice when it hired former Arkansas-Little Rock coach Chris Beard.