Letter: Rebels need Dr. Tom

Friday, March 23, 2001 | 9:51 a.m.

So let me get this straight: UNLV is out to hire for its men's basketball program "a John Robinson-type coach." To that end, they've sought out such luminaries as Gene Keady and Billy Tubbs. Fair enough. But why isn't the name of Tom Davis coming up more often?

Unlike the aforementioned two, Dr. Tom doesn't currently have a job, and he is several years younger than both of them. He has coached at four Division I schools and won at each of them. Not only does he coach an exciting, up-tempo, full-court game, but he has a reputation for being a true gentleman both on and off the court who will make fine citizens out of his players and keep the pesky NCAA away.

He has won almost 600 games and, at least to me, looks an awful lot like the basketball version of John Robinson.

STEVE KORNACKI

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