What Happens in Vegas: High school legend Tony Sanchez takes aim at hapless UNLV — and coaching history

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L.E. Baskow

Tony Sanchez is announced as the new UNLV football team head coach by athletic director Tina Kunzer-Murphy and director of media relations Mark Wallington in the Stan Fulton Building ballroom on Thursday, December 11, 2014.

Tue, Feb 17, 2015 (8:25 p.m.)

For the record: Yes, Tony Sanchez knows what he’s getting himself into. He wasn’t born yesterday, and he didn’t ride into town yesterday, either. Sanchez is a Vegas guy, the longtime captain of a local high school juggernaut, and he doesn’t need anyone to remind him that his new job, as head football coach at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is his profession’s equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle. He’s seen it up close, known the men who have disappeared into the void. He understands the odds. Broach the subject of UNLV’s miserable reputation and the first-time college coach will finish your sentence for you.

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