Pastner, who has extensive experience as a head coach in the Atlantic Coast Conference at Georgia Tech (2016-23) and Conference USA/American Athletic Conference at Memphis (2009-16), comes to UNLV after serving as a television analyst for the past two years.
As a collegiate head coach, Pastner, age 47, has an overall record of 276-187 over 14 seasons. He has led his teams to a total of four conference tournament championships, two conference regular-season championships and seven postseason appearances (five NCAA Tournaments, two NIT). He was named the 2017 ACC Coach of the Year and the 2013 C-USA Coach of the Year.
Josh Pasner was introduced to the Las Vegas community on Wednesday during a media conference at the Strip View Pavilion inside the Thomas & Mack Center