Former Charlotte Bobcats head coach Larry Brown confirmed that he has been in contact with UNLV athletic director Jim Livengood as recently as Wednesday about the Runnin' Rebel's open head coaching position.
BYU associate head coach Dave Rice and former Sacramento Kings and New Mexico State head coach Reggie Theus (now a Minnesota Timberwolves assistant) are widely considered the leading candidates for the job.
With Livengood believed to be leaning toward Rice and school president Neal Smatresk said to be backing Theus, there are boosters who are intrigued by the idea of adding a coach with Brown's pedigree.
Brown, who is the only coach to win both an NCAA and an NBA championship, last coached at the college level when his Kansas Jayhawks won it all in 1988.