Jim Bolla

James Daniel Bolla Jr. (March 27, 1952 – October 21, 2022) was an American college basketball coach.He was the head women's basketball coach at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas from 1982 to 1996, with his 300 games won the most in the team's history.In the 1979–80 season, Bolla moved to the Pittsburgh women's basketball program to be an assistant coach.He is a three-time Big West coach of the year award winner, because of his work at UNLV.[7][8] In 2015, Bolla began co-hosting a daily sports talk show on KDWN radio in Las Vegas, Coaches' Corner with his friend, longtime NVHOF Las Vegas sportscaster Rich Perez, and later with former Raider Greg Townsend.
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