Reports out of Vegas claim that UNLV coach T.J. Otzelberger will be named the next coach at Iowa State. The news was first reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Sources added that those within UNLV’s athletic department and men’s basketball program believe the move is imminent. Barring any last-minute significant barricade, Iowa State has secured its next coach. The 43-year-old Otzelberger, a former Cyclone assistant spent the past two seasons in Las Vegas, going 28-29. Prior to that he coached South Dakota State for three seasons and made two NCAA Tournaments with a 70-33 record.
Time…and Jaime Pollard…will tell.