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96-615: The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, was initially known as Nevada Southern when it was formed as a southern extension of the University of Nevada in 1958, and did not have a nickname or mascot for its athletic teams until 1968. Some of the Rebels teams use variations of the team name for their individual sports, such as the Runnin' Rebels for men's basketball and the Hustlin' Rebels for

192-489: A $ 46 million cost. Since its creation in the fall of 2008, the University of Nevada, Reno's Sustainability Committee has been gathering information on various aspects of campus sustainability and beginning the development of a plan for creating a more sustainable campus. Significant efforts are made towards recycling and keeping the campus green. Many university buses run on bio-diesel fuels. The bicycle program has seen

288-592: A center dedicated to Basque studies (Including the Basque language ) due to the large Basque population in Northern Nevada. In addition, the university maintains and sponsors many centers, institutes & facilities . The university and surrounding community is served by several campus libraries. The libraries are: For 2024, University of Nevada, Reno was ranked tied for 195th overall among national universities and tied for 106th among public universities in

384-646: A combination of telecasts on The Mountain West Sports Network (The Mtn.), CBS Sports Network and NBCSN . CBSSN and NBCSN are available nationally on Dish Network and DirecTV . Additionally, CBSSN can be seen on AT&T U-verse . 2010–2011 saw a handful of MWC men's basketball games on CBS. Through the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , 13 UNLV student-athletes had participated in the Olympics . The university has had medal-winning alumni in each of

480-535: A contract that makes Nike the exclusive product supplier and sponsor of all UNLV athletic teams. UNLV signed two five-year contracts and one three-year deal with the shoemaker to handle its athletic apparel and shoe needs that is valued at $ 3 million over the course of the agreements. UNLV's three-year deal covers men's basketball for $ 155,000 per year for a combined value of $ 465,000. The five-year contracts are for football ($ 230,000 annually, $ 1.15 million total) and all other sports ($ 277,000 and $ 1.385 million). Previous to

576-451: A listed team value of $ 12.9 million and a profit of $ 8.3 million this year. On the 2009 list, UNLV was No. 16. UNLV is one of two programs from outside of the six power conferences listed. UNLV also currently holds the NCAA record for most consecutive games with a made three-pointer. The Runnin' Rebels have made at least one three-point goal in each game since the rule was adopted universally for

672-634: A media rights agreement for 2024–25, ESPN reported that San Diego State would remain in the Mountain West Conference, rescinding the intention to withdraw from the conference. The MW and San Diego State reached a settlement of their dispute the following month, with SDSU remaining a member for the immediate future. In September 2023, after a mass exodus from the Pac-12 left Oregon State and Washington State as its only remaining members, MW commissioner Gloria Nevarez began discussions with

768-517: A relationship to book and market special events hosted in the Thomas & Mack Center, Cox Pavilion and Sam Boyd Stadium. The partnership will help to protect the university's current revenue streams as well as create new ones and bring additional resources to enhance UNLV's special events and athletic events. The Mountain West Conference television package reaches a national audience through

864-543: A significant increase in the number of bicycle users. The university's Food Services has made a commitment of 1% of the meal plan revenue to go towards funding sustainable initiatives on campus. In order to reduce energy use, UNR has installed solar panels on the Joe Crowley Student Union and built its first LEED accredited building. The University of Nevada has been ranked among the nation's most sustainable colleges, receiving an overall grade of "B+" on

960-686: A stadium club. The men's tennis team has had two NCAA individual national champions, has three Collegiate Grand Slam titles, has made seven NCAA tournament appearance, has won four Conference championships, has had five All-Americans, nine times, six Conference MVPs, three Conference Coaches of the Year and two Conference Freshman of the Years. Won conference in 2016. The women's squad has made 8 NCAA tournament appearances, has won two conference championship, three Conference tournament championships, has had three All-Americans, five times, has had one National Rookie of

1056-432: A three-year cycle (less than the standard length of a college player's career). The MW Championship will also no longer be determined by the winners of the two divisions; the two teams with the highest conference winning percentage will play instead. The designated rivals under this system are as follows: Prior to this, the division format was as follows: The Mountain West Conference has agreements with six bowls. Since

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1152-548: A variety of UNLV events, conventions and shows and appear at numerous events throughout the Las Vegas community. The cheer team has been featured in an ESPN SportsCenter commercial. Both groups appeared together with members of the Star Of Nevada Marching Band during a taping of Live with Regis and Kelly while the show was in Las Vegas. The cheer group stunt team won the national title in 2010, and

1248-557: Is The Nevada Sagebrush . Prior to 2004, the newspaper called itself simply the Sagebrush . The newspaper was given an Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award for work completed during the 2007–2008, 2008–2009, 2011–2012 and most recently, 2014–15, school years. The newspaper won the Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker award in 2008 and 2009. Nevada's official student-run radio broadcast

1344-419: Is "Above the rest", and over half of the member institutions, plus women's soccer-only member Colorado College, are at more than 4,000 feet (1,200 meters) above sea level. This impacts endurance in sports like football, soccer, and the distance races in track & field and swimming meets; air resistance in sprints and horizontal jumps in track & field; and aerodynamics in baseball, softball, tennis, golf, and

1440-479: Is 20,000). The state-of-the-art 78,000-square-foot (7,200 m), two-level facility opened in 2001. The structure is attached to the Thomas & Mack Center on both the concourse level and the practice level. They have appeared in eight NCAA tournaments, four AIAW tournaments, eight WNIT tournaments including one runner-up finish, have won nine conference championships (four regular season/five tournaments), have had nine All-Americans, 14 times, one National Freshman of

1536-457: Is Wolf Pack Radio. The station curates songs and creates radio shows for the student population on their official website. The station also partners with KWNK to broadcast the student made radio shows on FM in the Reno area. The university also sponsors Insight Magazine, the university's photography and lifestyle magazine. Insight was previously known as Artemisia Magazine until summer 2008. Under

1632-745: Is located on the UNLV campus. The Memorial Soccer Field opened in 1983 and the Soccer Building opened in 1990. In 2006, the entire field was replaced. The men's soccer team competes in the Western Athletic Conference , while the women compete in the Mountain West. The men's team has made five NCAA tournament appearances, has won four conference championships, one conference tournament championship, have had five All-Americans, have had 5 Conference MVPs, two Conference Coach of

1728-462: Is named after U.S. Senator Justin Morrill, author of the 1862 Land-Grant College Act. Lincoln Hall (all-male residence) and Manzanita Hall (all-female residence) were both opened in 1896. While Lincoln was under construction, boys were housed in the building which had previously held the now-defunct Bishop Whitaker's School for Girls , which had shuttered in 1894. The tree-lined Quad is located in

1824-630: Is only an associate member for football, and Colorado College is only an associate member for women's soccer. Future members in gray. Future members in gray. Total revenue includes ticket sales, contributions and donations, rights and licensing, student fees, school funds and all other sources including TV income, camp income, concessions, and novelties. Total expenses includes coach and staff salaries, scholarships, buildings and grounds, maintenance, utilities and rental fees, recruiting, team travel, equipment and uniforms, conference dues, and insurance. The following table shows institutional reporting to

1920-514: Is the Runnin' Rebels men's basketball team, which plays at the Thomas & Mack Center at Jerry Tarkanian Court which seats 18,776 for basketball and is on the UNLV campus (they may play some games at T-Mobile Arena , which opened in 2016 and seats 20,000 for basketball). The arena opened in 1983 and received a major interior and exterior renovation prior to the start of the 1999–2000 season. In 2005,

2016-676: The 1996 NCAA conference realignment , which had initially been triggered two years earlier when the Big Eight Conference agreed to merge with four members of the Southwest Conference (SWC) to create the Big 12 Conference , which would begin competition in the 1996–97 school year. The Western Athletic Conference, which had initially announced plans to expand beyond its then-current 10 members to at least 12, ended up with even more potential expansion prospects. Ultimately,

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2112-591: The Missouri Valley Conference . The WAC's 16 teams were divided into four four-team "quadrants", two of which rotated between the Mountain and Pacific Divisions every two years. However, the newly expanded WAC was soon wracked by tension between the established and new members. In spring of 1998, BYU and Utah proposed a permanent split into two eight-team divisions. The proposal would have forced some schools into an unnatural alignment because of

2208-777: The National Science Foundation , the university spent $ 144 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 139th in the nation. The university has a medical school . The university is also home to the Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism . It has graduated six Pulitzer Prize winners. The Nevada State Constitution established the State University of Nevada in Elko on October 12, 1874. In 1881, it became Nevada State University . In 1885, Nevada State University moved from Elko to Reno. In 1906, it

2304-541: The Pac-12 Conference to the Big Ten Conference beginning in the 2024–25 academic year. After that announcement, San Diego State had been considered one of the top candidates for Pac-12 expansion. On June 16, 2023, Pete Thamel of ESPN reported that San Diego State had given the Mountain West Conference notice that the school would be departing from the conference and asked for an extension for

2400-607: The United States Department of Education as shown on the DOE Equity in Athletics website for the 2021–22 academic year. However, since Air Force is not available from that source, it was obtained from Knight Commission for the 2020–2021 academic year. Totals and records following the completion of the 2022 football season. (2023) Beginning in 2013, the conference split into two divisions, named

2496-561: The University of Nevada , or UNR ) is a public land-grant research university in Reno, Nevada , United States. It is the state's flagship public university and primary land grant institution. It was founded on October 12, 1874, in Elko, Nevada . The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. According to

2592-696: The Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League and the Howard Hughes Corporation . Prior to City National Arena's opening, the team played at Las Vegas Ice Center and Pepsi Ice Arena, splitting time between the two rinks. The move to City National Arena allowed the Rebels to move the program up to American Collegiate Hockey Association Division I. The team began play in 2005. University of Nevada The University of Nevada, Reno ( Nevada ,

2688-655: The "Mountain Division" and "West Division," of six teams each for football. The Mountain West also added a conference championship game, pitting the winners of the two divisions. This first championship game took place on December 7, 2013, at Bulldog Stadium in Fresno, California , the home stadium of Fresno State , the divisional winner with the higher BCS ranking. Each team played five divisional games and three cross-divisional contests annually. The 2015 championship game featured

2784-490: The 1986-87 season. The last time UNLV failed to make a three-pointer was January 25, 1986 against Long Beach State. UNLV has also seen great success in the NCAA Tournament with .673 winning percentage in the tournament including four Final Four appearances and a national title in 1990 in a 103–73 runaway over Duke – the highest margin of victory in NCAA tournament championship game history. The Runnin' Rebels have

2880-572: The 2001–02 academic year and has won 3 Conference championships, have three NCAA Finals appearances, have seven NCAA regional appearances, one NCAA individual appearance, three All-Americans, five times, three conference MVPs, three Conference Freshman of the Years, and two Conference Coach of the Years. The Rebels' home course is the par-72 Dragon Ridge Country Club at MacDonald Highlands which opened in 2000. The men's and women's soccer teams play at Robert J. Miller Soccer Building and Peter F. Johann Memorial Soccer Field, respectively, which seats 2,500 and

2976-484: The 2014 season, the Mountain West champion is eligible for an at-large berth in the Cotton Bowl Classic , Fiesta Bowl , or Peach Bowl , if it is the highest-ranked conference champion among the "Group of Five" conferences (which also includes The American , C-USA , MAC , and Sun Belt ) in the final College Football Playoff rankings, if it is not in the top 4. In the 2014 season, Boise State became

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3072-704: The 7th-highest NCAA tournament winning percentage with a min. of 20 tournament games played. They also saw success at the NCAA Small College division having appeared in 4 NCAA Tournament appearances including national runner-up in 1968. They have won 25 conference championships (11 regular season/14 tournament). including three Mountain West Conference Tournament championships, the most in the conference. The Runnin' Rebels have made 17 NCAA Division 1 Tournament appearances including 4 Final Four appearances. The 1991 Runnin' Rebels had been

3168-787: The Air Force Academy Falcons against the San Diego State University Aztecs. The 2016 championship game featured the San Diego State University Aztecs against the University of Wyoming Cowboys. On May 20, 2022, the conference approved a new football schedule format, set to take effect in the 2023 season. Under this format, the conference will remove divisions, and instead play a 2–6 format, where each team plays 2 designated rivals every year along with six separate 6-team rotations that flip every other year, such that every team will have at least one home game and one away game against every other team in

3264-506: The Big East but would join the Big 12, home to fellow former SWC members Baylor , Texas , Texas Tech , and formerly Texas A&M , in 2012 instead.) On December 10, 2010, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa accepted a bid to become the 10th member of the conference for football only. These changes would leave the Mountain West Conference with 10 teams for the 2012 football season. During

3360-634: The COX Pavilion which seats 2,500 and is on the UNLV campus. The state-of-the-art 78,000-square-foot (7,200 m), two-level facility opened in 2001. The Rebels have made four NCAA tournament appearances. The team played from 1978 to 1980, 1984–1985 and was then restarted in 1996. No teams were fielded from 1981 to 1983 and from 1986 to 1995. The UNLV Cheerleaders and the UNLV Rebel Girls are fixtures at football games as well as Runnin' Rebel and Lady Rebel basketball games. The teams perform at

3456-537: The MW on January 1, 2023, following the retirement of founding commissioner Craig Thompson . The charter members of the MW included the United States Air Force Academy , Brigham Young University , Colorado State University , San Diego State University , the University of New Mexico , the University of Nevada, Las Vegas , University of Utah and the University of Wyoming . Before forming

3552-455: The Mountain West 12 football members, allowing for a Championship Game to be held. The first championship game took place on December 7, 2013. In February 2018, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that the MW was looking to expand in the near future. In the report, commissioner Craig Thompson revealed that the conference had discussed expansion with six schools, with WCC member Gonzaga (which has not sponsored football since World War II)

3648-469: The Mountain West Conference, seven of its eight charter members had been longtime members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and half of these had been charter members of that conference from 1962. Overall, each school that has ever been either a full or football-only member of the MW spent at least three years in the WAC before joining the Mountain West. The creation of the MW was a delayed aftereffect of

3744-400: The Mountain West and C-USA announced a plan for a football only alliance. On February 13, 2012, the two leagues announced that both conferences would be dissolving after the 2012–13 season to reform into one conference with at least 15 members for all sports, and a 16th team, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as a football-only member. However, when the two conferences discussed their plans with

3840-531: The Mountain West to join what would become the Pac-12 Conference . On August 18, 2010, amidst rumors that BYU was considering leaving the Mountain West to go independent in football and rejoin the Western Athletic Conference in all other sports, the Mountain West Conference officially extended invitations to California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) and the University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada). Both schools accepted and would become

3936-417: The NCAA, they were told that due to NCAA rules, they would forfeit substantial revenues. Specifically, the new conference would receive only one automatic bid to NCAA championships; at least one of the former conferences would lose future revenue distributions from the NCAA men's basketball tournament; and at least one former conference would not be able to collect exit fees from any members that departed to join

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4032-499: The Pac-12. On April 16, 2024, it was also announced that Washington State would be joining the MW as an affiliate for baseball and women's swimming. On September 12, 2024, it was announced that Boise State, Fresno State, Colorado State, and San Diego State would be leaving the MW and joining the Pac-12 in 2026. On September 23, Utah State also accepted an offer to join the Pac-12 in 2026 as its seventh member. On October 1, 2024 it

4128-747: The Rebel Girls won the national title for the second time in three years in the Hip Hop-4-year college division. The cheer partner team won the national championships in 2005 and 2006 and the small co-ed team won the title in 2005. In 2008, the Rebel Girls finished third in the nation in the UCA/UDA Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championships in the Division IA Hip Hop category. UNLV has won two NCAA team national championships. In 2008, Nike and UNLV entered into

4224-644: The Rebels have faced some adversity, they are one of the only teams to be undefeated in bowl games , winning the California Bowl in 1984 (subsequently forfeited due to ineligible players) and the Las Vegas Bowl twice in 1994 and 2000. The Rebels have only won two conference championships in their history, both in the Big West Conference . They have had nine All-Americans, 13 times, nine Conference MVPs, one Conference Student Athlete of

4320-615: The Spring of 2011. The Lady Rebels will continue to practice on the lower level of the Cox Pavilion, which has its own women's locker facilities, player lounges and practice courts for women's basketball and volleyball. The Lady Rebels started play during the 1974–75 season and have an overall record of 652–385 (.629). They play their home games at Cox Pavilion which seats 2,500 and is on the UNLV campus (some games could be played at T-Mobile Arena , which opened in 2016 and whose capacity

4416-755: The Sustainable Endowment Institute's College Sustainability Report Card 2010. The university is simply called Nevada for athletics purposes. Its sports teams are nicknamed the Wolf Pack (always two words). They participate in the NCAA's Division I ( FBS for football ) and in the Mountain West Conference . In March 2004, the Wolf Pack Men's basketball team qualified for the NCAA tournament and advanced to

4512-475: The Sweet Sixteen for the first time in school history. The team earned a repeat trip in 2005 and beat Texas in the first round before falling to eventual national runner-up Illinois . The team returned for 2006 as a No. 5 seed but was upset in the first round by former Big Sky Conference rival Montana . They began the 2006–07 season ranked #24. The Pack's major star during this recent period of success

4608-400: The U.S. by U.S. News & World Report . In 2022, Forbes rated the University 184 overall among universities while University of Nevada, Las Vegas by comparison ranked 303rd. A significant and noteworthy jump in the rankings since Forbes analysis in years prior. For 2020, Washington Monthly ranked UNR 138th among 389 national universities in the U.S. based on its contribution to

4704-574: The United States in protests against the Israel–Hamas war and genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.  The protestors demanded divestment from Israel and called for freedom for Palestine. Students also alleged that a police sniper was stationed overlooking a protest, this claim was subsequently debunked. Bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs are offered through: Nevada sponsors

4800-697: The United States, participating in NCAA Division I . Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The MW officially began operations on January 4, 1999. Geographically, the MW covers a broad expanse of the Western United States , with member schools located in California , Colorado , Idaho , Nevada , New Mexico , Utah , Wyoming , and Hawaii . Gloria Nevarez took over as commissioner of

4896-812: The WAC Title. The 2010 season saw Nevada at its best finishing the season ranked No. 11 in the AP and No. 13 in the BCS, stunning Boise State, 34–31, and costing the Broncos a possible shot at the BCS title, to win another share of the WAC title. Nevada joined the Mountain West Conference in 2012. Previous conference memberships include: The university has four official Student Media organizations: The Nevada Sagebrush , Wolf Pack Radio, Insight Magazine (formally Artemisia), and The Brushfire Literature & Arts Journal. Nevada's editorially independent, monthly student newspaper

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4992-466: The WAC members New Mexico, San Diego State, and UNLV to join them in what became the Mountain West Conference. The next move for the MW came in 2005 , when the conference added TCU, who had spent the previous four seasons in Conference USA (C-USA). On June 11, 2010, Boise State University agreed to join the conference as its tenth member. On June 17, 2010, Utah announced it would be leaving

5088-405: The WAC took in three of the four SWC schools left out of the Big 12 merger— Rice University , Southern Methodist University (SMU), and Texas Christian University (TCU). Three other schools were added to bring the total membership to 16, namely Big West Conference members San José State University and UNLV, plus the University of Tulsa , an NCAA football independent and otherwise a member of

5184-511: The Year awards, one Ben Hogan Award winner, one Jack Nicklaus Award winner, one Haskins Award winner, one Golfstat Award winner, one National Freshman of the Year, 10 Conference MVPs and two Conference Freshman of the Year winners. The golf program has turned out numerous PGA Tour pros, including Ryan Moore , Chad Campbell , Chris Riley , Adam Scott , Charley Hoffman , Derek Ernst , Bill Lunde , Skip Kendall , and Andres Gonzales . The Lady Rebels golf team began its inaugural season during

5280-710: The Year, eight Conference MVPs, one Conference Student Athlete of the Year, three Conference Freshman of the Years and two Conference Coaches of the Year. The cross county and track and field teams compete at the Myron Partridge Stadium at Sheila Tarr Smith Field which seats 1,000 and is on the UNLV campus. The stadium opened in 1998. They have had two NCAA individual national champions, have won five Conference outdoor championships, one conference indoor championship, have had two Olympians, three times, have had 44 All-Americans, 83 times and have had one U.S. Olympic Head Coach. The women's volleyball team competes at

5376-640: The Year, five Conference MVPs and two Conference Freshman of the Year winners. Famous Lady Rebels include Pauline Jordan, Linda Fröhlich , Constance Jinks, and Sequoia Holmes who have all played in the WNBA. The UNLV Rebels football team plays at Allegiant Stadium , an off-campus stadium that seats 65,000 for football and is owned by Clark County and operated by the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League who also play at

5472-714: The Year, three Conference Coaches of the Year, four Conference Freshman of the Year and two Freshman All-Americans. UNLV's football rivals include the University of Nevada, Reno , with whom UNLV plays in the annual Battle for Nevada in which the winner is awarded the Fremont Cannon , Hawaii (9th island pineapple trophy) and BYU , because of the large Mormon population in the Las Vegas metropolitan area . Famous Rebels football players include Randall Cunningham , Suge Knight , Kenny Mayne , Keenan McCardell , Adam Seward and Ickey Woods . In July 2010, John Robinson became

5568-749: The Years and one Conference Freshman of the Year. Dating back to 1975, the men's soccer team has had the support of Las Vegas businessman, Ken Johann and his wife Alice. After the passing of their son Peter from a sports-related accident, they decided to honor their son with a memorial scholarship that is given out every year. The Peter Johann Memorial Scholarship assists one student-athlete who demonstrates excellence in six areas: academic performance, techniques and tactics of soccer, team loyalty, cooperation, leadership and endurance. The women's soccer team has appeared in three NCAA tournaments, has won two conference championships, two conference tournament championships, has had three Conference MVPs and two Conference Coach of

5664-513: The Years, five times, four Conference MVPs, five times, two Conference Pitchers of the Year, and one Conference Freshman of the Year. Famous former Lady Rebels include Lori Harrigan . The men's swimming and diving team train at the Buchanan Natatorium, which seats approximately 1,200 people. The UNLV Natatorium opened in 1974. It was renamed the Buchanan Natatorium in 1980, in honor of the former Nevada System Board of Regent James L. "Bucky" Buchanan II. The team has won 10 conference championships in

5760-409: The Years. Both teams share a training facility, Buchanan Natatorium, as well as coaching staff. Head Coach Jim Reitz retained his position for 36 years, since starting the program, before retiring in 2015. The men's and women's tennis squads compete at the Frank and Vicki Fertitta Tennis Complex which seats 2,000 and is on the UNLV campus. The facility opened in 1993 and features 12 lighted courts and

5856-400: The Years. The Rebel softball team plays at Eller Media Stadium at Jim Rogers Field which seats 770 and is on the UNLV campus. The stadium opened in 2002. They have appeared in nine NCAA tournaments, have three College World Series berths, one conference title, have had 12 All-Americans, 20 times, one Olympian, three times including one Olympic gold medalist, three times, two Conference Coach of

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5952-414: The baseball team at UNLV and play their games at Earl E. Wilson Stadium at Roger Barnson Field which seats 3,000 and is on the UNLV campus. The stadium opened in 1994. In 1997, the infield playing surface was replaced and the outfield fences was replaced with a new fence that stands 12 ft high. In 2007 the stadium received a new playing surface. In 2010, the infield grass was replaced, new black padding

6048-450: The baseball team. The 1990 Runnin' Rebels basketball team defeated Duke University 103–73, to win the NCAA National Championship, UNLV's first Division I National Championship in one of the three major sports. The UNLV golf team won the school's second team National Championship in 1998. The Rebels also have won six individual national championships: two men's golf, two men's tennis, and two women's track and field. The Hustlin' Rebels are

6144-402: The conference for the 2013–14 academic year. On December 31 of that year, Boise State announced that it had backed out of its previously announced move to the Big East for football and the Big West for other sports, and would remain in the MW. On January 16, 2013, San Diego State accepted an offer to remain/return to the Mountain West Conference in all sports. Keeping SDSU in the conference gave

6240-476: The conference's presidents planned a vote on an invitation to Gonzaga during the MW men's and women's basketball tournaments in Las Vegas, but decided to delay the vote until after the Final Four . However, on April 2, the day of the Division I men's title game , Gonzaga athletic director Mike Roth notified the MW, the WCC, and media that the school would remain in the WCC for the immediate future. On June 30, 2022, UCLA and USC announced their departure from

6336-480: The construction of the Mendenhall Center which will be the new practice home for the Runnin' Rebels. The Mendenhall Center broke ground in October 2010, will be attached to the south side of the COX Pavilion, and will have a total of 38,000 square feet (3,500 m) of space on three levels. Included will be two basketball courts, an academic area and film room, locker rooms, athletic training, strength and conditioning, and equipment areas. The facility will be complete in

6432-494: The court was named in honor of former head coach Jerry "Tark the Shark" Tarkanian, who coached UNLV from 1973–92 and had a record of 509–105 (.829) during that run. 2008 saw the installation of all new visual equipment, including a four-sided center-hung LED widescreen scoreboard. NCAA executive director Walter Byers famously disliked Tarkanian, and said "Tark’s black players play a fast city-lot basketball without much style. Grab ball and run like hell, not lots of passing to set up

6528-405: The departure deadline of July 1, 2023, to avoid paying extra exit fees. The Mountain West Conference denied the request for a deadline extension and considered the letter from San Diego State as a formal notice of departure and began to proceed with the separation process; however, San Diego State disputed that its letter of intent was a formal notice. On June 30, 2023, with the Pac-12 still lacking

6624-402: The era of football's Bowl Championship Series (BCS), which was replaced by the College Football Playoff (CFP) in 2014, the MW champion qualified for a BCS bowl four times after the BCS formula was tweaked to allow teams from non-BCS conferences to play in BCS bowls if ranked in the top 12. However, two of the three schools that qualified are no longer with the conference. On October 14, 2011,

6720-411: The first UNLV player or head coach enshrined into the College Football Hall of Fame. The Rebels practice on campus at the largest football practice facility in the country, the Fertitta Football Complex. The Rebels men's golf team is a perennial powerhouse in the NCAA, routinely making the top 25 every season. The Rebels home course is the par-72 Southern Highlands Golf Club which is rated as one of

6816-610: The first team to receive this berth, being selected for and winning the Fiesta Bowl . As of 2020, As of the 2019–20 bowl games ESPN created the Bowl Challenge Cup in 2002 for the conference that had the best college football bowl record among Division I Football Bowl Subdivision conferences. The conference has won it five times, more than any other conference, by finishing with bowl game records of 2–1 in 2004–05 , 4–1 in 2007–08 , 4–1 in 2009–10 , 4–1 in 2010–11 and 5–1 in 2021–22. The Mountain West and Missouri Valley Conferences hold an annual challenge series that

6912-400: The geographic distribution of the conference. Air Force was the most strident opponent of this proposal, threatening to become an independent. Soon after the proposal by BYU and Utah, the presidents of Air Force, BYU, Colorado State, Utah, and Wyoming met at Denver International Airport to discuss their future, and they agreed to break away from the WAC to form a new conference. They invited

7008-414: The herbarium were Patrick Beveridge Kennedy and Amos Arthur Heller at the experiment station and Philip Augustus Lehenbauer, Dwight Billings , Hugh Nelson Mozingo, Ira La Rivers and William Andrew Archer at the biology department. The football team plays at Mackay Stadium. The modern Mackay Stadium was completed in 1966 with a seating capacity of 7,500. The facility has been expanded several times in

7104-596: The last 15 years and now seats 30,000. The University of Nevada began construction of a new 108,000 square foot fitness center in June 2015. Named the E.L. Wiegand Fitness Center, it opened in February 2017. Students' use of the fitness center is included in annual tuition and fees. The fitness center has four floors and includes a gym with three basketball courts, areas for weightlifting, cardio training, fitness classes, stadium stairs and an indoor running track. The project had

7200-712: The last team to enter the NCAA Tournament unbeaten before Wichita State did it in 2014 . The Runnin' Rebels have also appeared in three pre-season NIT tournaments, including two Final Fours and one pre-season NIT championship, and ten NIT tournaments, including one Final Four appearance. Famous Runnin' Rebels include Greg Anthony , Stacey Augmon , Marcus Banks , Larry Johnson , Shawn Marion and Reggie Theus . The Runnin' Rebels have had three Olympians, four times including two Olympic bronze medalists , 18 All-Americans , 26 times, one John Wooden Award winner, and 12 NBA first round draft picks. In 2010, UNLV announced

7296-447: The last three Olympiads. A total of nine countries, including the U.S. have been represented by UNLV athletes. One athlete has been to three Olympics and four have been two-time Olympians. The total number of medals won by UNLV athletes is five, including three gold (all in women's softball) and two bronze (both in men's basketball). The UNLV Skatin' Rebels hockey team plays at City National Arena , an off-campus, 600-seat arena owned by

7392-526: The name Artemisia, the magazine served as the university yearbook since its inception in 1899. The Brushfire was created in 1950 to spread Literature and Arts with Nevada students. The University of Nevada's classically styled campus has served as the setting for many movies, including: Mountain West Conference The Mountain West Conference ( MW ) is a collegiate athletic conference located in

7488-505: The new conference. As a result, the Mountain West and C-USA backed away from a full merger. In late March of that year, the commissioners of both conferences stated that all 16 schools had entered into binding agreements to form a new "association", although the Mountain West and C-USA would have apparently remained separate legal entities. In the end, this alliance never materialized due to both conferences soon adding new teams. On May 2, 2012, San José State and Utah State agreed to join

7584-506: The new contract, UNLV used a combination of Nike, Russell Athletic, and Adidas for its shoes and apparel. In 2007, the UNLV Athletics Department and International Sports Properties, Inc. (ISP Sports) agreed to work together with UNLV's multi-media rights and corporate sales and sponsorship development for athletics, special events and entertainment. The partnership will guarantee UNLV Athletics more than $ 32 million over

7680-402: The next 10 years that will go into its athletics and entertainment venues as well as enhancing the visibility of its sponsors and advertisers. Three elements make up the royalty from ISP to UNLV: annual guaranteed rights fees, signage stipends, and revenue sharing of totals in excess of defined thresholds. In 2010, the UNLV Athletics Department and Justice Entertainment Group (JEG) agreed to form

7776-406: The only school mentioned by name. Thompson added that Gonzaga could potentially join the MW as a full but non-football member as early as July 2018. While Thompson said that BYU had not contacted the conference, the report indicated that BYU would be open to an MW return, at least in non-football sports, should Gonzaga join. A later Union-Tribune report indicated that talks were advanced enough that

7872-420: The past 11 years. They also have had 20 All-Americans, 11 conference MVPs and eight conference Coaches of the Year. The men compete in the Western Athletic Conference while the women compete in the Mountain West Conference. The women's squad has won one conference championship, four conference tournament championships, has had seven All Americans, 16 times, has had 15 Conference MVPs and four Conference Coach of

7968-418: The public good, as measured by social mobility, research, and promoting public service. The University of Nevada, Reno is the flagship institution of Nevada. The campus is located just north of downtown Reno overlooking Truckee Meadows and the downtown casinos. The university's first building, Morrill Hall, was completed in 1887 and still stands on the historic quad at the campus' southern end. The hall

8064-489: The shots.” Byers described U.N.L.V.’s style as “ghetto run-and-shoot basketball” with little concern for defense. In 2008, ESPN.com released ESPN's Prestige Rankings, a method of ranking the best Division I men's college basketball programs since the 1984–85 season. Of the 300 teams ranked, the Runnin' Rebels came in at #8. In a list compiled by Forbes in 2010, UNLV earned mention among the nation's most valuable college basketball teams. The Rebels checked in at No. 20, with

8160-668: The southern part of the campus, surrounded by Morrill Hall and the Mackay School of Mines. This quadrangle is modeled after Thomas Jefferson's at the University of Virginia. The herbarium at the University of Nevada, Reno is made up of the herbarium of the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station (College of Agriculture) and the herbarium of the Biology Department. They have operated as one unit since 1978. Among those who worked at

8256-515: The stadium. Before Allegiant Stadium the Rebels played at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada from 1971 until 2019. Allegiant Stadium opened in 2020 after years of UNLV attempting to build a new stadium to replace Sam Boyd Stadium. The Rebels were once a powerhouse in Division II before jumping to Division I-A (now Division I FBS) and have seen some trouble since their promotion. Although

8352-588: The tenth and eleventh members of the league. BYU announced on August 31, 2010, that it would leave the Mountain West Conference and go Independent in football and become a member of the West Coast Conference (WCC) in other sports starting in 2011. On November 29, 2010, TCU announced all athletic teams would move to the Big East Conference effective in 2012. (Less than a year later, on October 10, 2011, TCU announced it would not join

8448-572: The top private clubs in the country. The course opened in 2000. The golf team has won one team national title (1998) and has produced two individual national champions (Warren Schutte in 1991 and Ryan Moore in 2004), as well as nine conference championships (Big West: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996; Mountain West: 2000, 2002, 2016, 2017, 2018), 21 consecutive NCAA berths, four NCAA West Regional titles, six conference individual titles, 21 All-Americans (39 times), three NCAA Regional medalists, two National Coach of

8544-529: The two schools regarding various options for partnership, affiliation, or merger. On December 1, 2023, the conference announced that it would enter into a football scheduling agreement with the two schools for the 2024 season. All 12 Mountain West members will play one game against either Oregon State or Washington State next season, giving both schools three home games and three away games. These games will not count towards Mountain West conference standings, and Oregon State and Washington State will remain members of

8640-400: Was Nick Fazekas . In 2007, Nevada was ranked No. 9 in men's basketball, which is the highest ranking that Nevada has ever held. The football team plays at Mackay Stadium . The modern Mackay Stadium replaced its predecessor and was completed in 1966 with a seating capacity of 7,500. The facility has been expanded several times in its history and now seats 30,000. In 2005, Nevada won a share of

8736-418: Was announced that the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) will be joining the Mountain West starting in the 2026–27 academic year. On October 14, Craig Angelos , athletic director of football-only member Hawaii , confirmed outside reports that the school would upgrade to full MW membership in 2026. This move was officially announced the next day. On November 1, 2024, Grand Canyon University announced it

8832-533: Was installed behind the backstop, a fresh halo was installed around the batting circle and the facility received a fresh coat of red paint. Future plans call for a new clubhouse, a new synthetic outfield surface, an overhang for the bleachers, a two-story press box, new batting cages and a video scoreboard to replace the scoreboard which was installed in 2009. Famous Hustlin' Rebels include Marty Cordova , Cecil Fielder , Toby Hall , Ryan Ludwick , Todd Stottlemyre and Matt Williams . The most decorated team at UNLV

8928-714: Was joining the Mountain West no later than July 1, 2026.   Members departing for the Pac-12 Conference in 2026.  Full members  Full members (non-football)  Associate members (football only)   Associate members (other)  Other conference  Other conference  Excluded from this list are all national championships earned outside the scope of NCAA competition , including Division I FBS football titles , women's AIAW championships (17), equestrian titles (0), and retroactive Helms Athletic Foundation titles . The Mountain West Conference sponsors championship competition in eight men's and 11 women's NCAA sanctioned sports. Hawai'i

9024-984: Was on November 13, 2009, featuring the Bradley Braves and the BYU Cougars in Provo and it concluded on December 23 with the Wyoming Cowboys visiting the Northern Iowa Panthers in Cedar Falls, Iowa . The challenge is similar to the ACC-Big Ten Challenge , which pits men's basketball teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big Ten Conference . As of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The Mountain West's slogan

9120-551: Was renamed the University of Nevada . The University of Nevada remained the only four-year academic institution in the state of Nevada until 1965, when the Nevada Southern campus (now the University of Nevada, Las Vegas ) separated into its own university. In 1969, the university's name was changed to the University of Nevada, Reno to distinguish from the new institution in Las Vegas. In April of 2024, around one hundred UNR students joined other campuses across

9216-521: Was renewed in the 2015–16 season after a two-year hiatus. The series began in the 2009–10 season but temporarily ended when the original contract ran out after the 2012–13 season , During the first four seasons of the series, it involved all members of the MW and an equal number of the 10 MVC teams in basketball. With the MW now having 11 basketball members to the MVC's 10, the renewed series involves all MVC teams, with one MW team sitting out. The first game

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