The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Department of Athletic Records consist of UNLV sports memorabilia, programs, magazines, media guides, and newsletters from the athletics department. The collection has materials documenting both women and men's teams including basketball, swimming and diving, and golf. Other teams include track and field, cheer and dance, and softball. There are also materials that document Jerry Tarkanian's role coaching the men's basketball team.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Department of Athletic Records consist of UNLV sports memorabilia, programs, magazines, media guides, and newsletters from the athletics department. The collection has materials documenting both women and men's teams including basketball, swimming and diving, and golf. Other teams include track and field, cheer and dance, and softball. There are also materials that document Jerry Tarkanian's role coaching the men's basketball team.
Collection is open for research.
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Materials are arranged by subject.
The UNLV Athletic Department first started in 1958, and the first sport to be organized was men's basketball team. Coach Michael Drakulich, known as "Chub," is considered to be the founding father of the athletics department at UNLV and coached the basketball, baseball, and golf teams. He later became the athletic director. It was not until a decade later that the football program was formed, and the women's tennis team formed in 1960. As of 2021, there are now sixteen sports programs including soccer, swimming and diving, baseball, cross country, golf, and volleyball. Some of UNLV's accomplishments include the NCAA National Championships for the men's basketball team in 1990, and twenty-three conference wins for the women's track and field team.
Sources:
"Rebel History," CBS Sports, 2021. Accessed March 5, 2021. https://unlvrebels.com/sports/2018/5/18/trads-unlv-trads-history-html.aspx?id=437.
"Memorable Moments in UNLV Sports." UNLV News Center, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, March 24, 2010. Accessed March 5, 2021. https://www.unlv.edu/news/article/memorable-moments-unlv-sports.
Anderson, Mark. "Remembering UNLV's Final Four History."
Wright, Alex A. "Remembering UNLV Basketball's National Championship 30 Years Later." Mountain West Connection, April 2, 2020. Accessed March 5, 2021. https://www.mwcconnection.com/2020/4/2/21197489/remembering-unlv-basketballs-national-championship-30-years-later.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Athletics Records, approximately 1958-2014. UA-00001. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were periodically transferred to UNLV University Libraries Special Collections and Archives; accession number 2012-026.
In 2018 Tammi Kim created a brief summary of collection contents and wrote a finding aid. In 2021 Christen Tranate added materials to the collection and updated the finding aid.