By AP/KWMU
Las Vegas, NV – Former Saint Louis University men's basketball coach Charlie Spoonhour has resigned as UNLV coach, citing health reasons.
Spoonhour, 64, issued a statement Tuesday saying the decision has nothing to do with basketball or the UNLV program.
Spoonhour coached at high schools and colleges in Missouri before coming out of retirement to take the UNLV job in March 2001. He leaves the Runnin' Rebels with a 54-31 record. The team is currently 12-9 but has lost three in a row.
Spoonhour coached for nine years at Southwest Missouri State and seven years at SLU before retiring in 1999. He also was the head coach at Moberly Junior College and at three high schools in central and southern Missouri.