The search for UNLV’s next athletic director could conclude with an offer to one of three finalists today, which probably explains the festive mood president Neal Smatresk championed at the school’s basketball game Saturday.
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Bill Moos caught himself Monday saying “us” about the UNLV athletic department he hopes to run. … “I’m talking like I already have the job,” said the 58-year-old former Oregon athletic director, one of three finalists for UNLV’s AD position. … That remains to be seen. … UNLV president Neal Smatresk could make a decision as soon as tonight, after interviewing the final candidate, Arizona athletic director Jim Livengood.
Jim Livengood didn’t wait for anyone to ask, quickly addressing at this morning’s forum his motivation for wanting to become UNLV’s next athletic director. “I’m not interested in retiring. I’m interested in working,” he said. “I am incredibly interested in trying to become (the) new athletic director at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.”
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UNLV athletic director candidate John Johnson did more than describe the type of football coach he would hire if he gets the AD job. He actually named names.
The work ethic that John Johnson developed growing up working in his dad’s automotive mechanic shop still serves him well.
I am trying to determine how UNLV will inform the two finalists who won’t be offered the school’s athletic director job, given the ridiculous manner (e-mail from a search committee chairman) in which others were told Tuesday.
Jim Rogers was adamant Monday that he isn’t the driving force behind Jim Livengood’s candidacy to become UNLV’s next athletic director.
Maybe the hiring of Arizona athletic director Jim Livengood as UNLV’s next AD isn’t so inevitable.
Arizona athletic director Jim Livengood is in Las Vegas to interview for UNLV’s vacant AD position, several sources said Friday.
The search committee to find UNLV’s next athletic director met for about two hours Tuesday, but details of the meeting were mostly kept private.
UNLV is facing increasing urgency to hire a football coach, which means the pressure intensifies when the search committee for a new athletic director meets this afternoon.
Several candidates for UNLV’s athletic director position have bubbled to the surface, but with no local names among them, two sources with knowledge of the search said Monday.
Various local prospects have been mentioned as potential candidates for the UNLV athletic director’s job.
Balancing multiple commitments and interests is an act Justin Hawkins learns more about each day. Off the basketball court, the UNLV freshman is plenty versatile. … He writes poetry. He cooks and does laundry. He plans to declare a double major in business management and hotel administration. … “I’m serious about school. It runs in my family,” said Hawkins, whose parents are lawyers.
UNLV’s Mehdi Bouras reached the championship match in singles and doubles Saturday in the Rebel Classic at the Fertitta Tennis Complex.
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