Wolf Pack coach reportedly fired after loss to UNLV

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UNR head coach David Carter talks to his team during a time out in the first half of their Mountain West Conference tournament game against UNLV Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center. Carter was reportedly fired shortly after the game. (Sam Morris/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

UNR fired head coach David Carter within hours after the season ended on Wednesday, according to multiple reports.

The Wolf Pack suffered a 67-46 loss earlier in the day to UNLV in the opening round of the Mountain West Conference Tournament.

UNR finished 9-22 overall and 5-13 in the MWC during the regular season — the third straight year with a sub-.500 record under Carter.

Carter’s teams never made it to the NCAA Tournament during his six years as coach but reached the NIT twice. His best season came in 2011-12 when the Wolf Pack went 28-7 overall and 13-1 in the Mountain West.

Before Carter became the head coach, he served as an assistant at UNR for 10 years.