Josh Pastner will earn nearly $1 million per year for the next five years at UNLV, according to the contract he signed on Monday to become the new basketball coach

Josh Pastner has been named UNLV coach. He will try to turn around a college basketball program that has gone from one of the nation’s best to one that is largely irrelevant.

UNLV is in the process of hiring former Memphis basketball coach Josh Pastner as its new head coach, according to multiple reports.