Episode 1,026: UNLV head coach Josh Pastner

Coach Josh Pastner visits "Marching to Madness" once again as he is the first-year head coach at UNLV after two years at ESPN, where he was a solid color analyst in the studio and on the sidelines. Coach Pastner brings 276 career victories to the Thomas & Mack Center as he rebuilds the roster, where he added 13 new players to his first squad. He brought three CUSA Tournament championships and two regular season conference championships to Memphis when he placed the Tigers in four NCAA Tournaments. He moved to Georgia Tech and worked on a monumental rebuild of the Yellow Jackets, and led GT to the 2021 ACC Tournament championship. Topics of Discussion Include: * Leading UNLV Basketball forward * Bringing Top-150 prospect Tyrin Jones to Vegas * Developing philosophy and a basketball culture * The sustainability of playing in the tough Mountain West Conference

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Episode 1,026: UNLV head coach Josh Pastner is an episode from Marching to Madness by Blake Lovell.

This episode is 12:30 long.

This episode was published on May 13, 2025.

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