UNLV has a losing record when it comes to key coaching hires

UNLV has a losing record when it comes to key coaching hires

Oklahoma head coach Lon Kruger talks to his team during a time out in their MGM Grand Showcase game against Washington Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014. (Sam Morris/Las Vegas Review-Journal)Whenever UNLV fires a basketball coach or a football coach, two things pop into mind when it comes to speculation about their replacements.

The first is an old song by the (sort of) classic rock band Supertramp. The song is called "Breakfast in America." It's about a guy who has never been to America fantasizing about the possibility, sort of like Rebels fans fantasizing that Rick Pitino would replace Bill Bayno as coach after Bayno got into hot water for…