Look at the previous coaches,
Strong: Left CFB to become a realtor.
Horton: QB coach at Wisconsin. (Interim HC at Minnesota years later)
Robinson: retired.
Sanford: OC at Louisville, now coaches HS.
I mean that’s a pretty sad list and definition of a graveyard.
That doesn't make UNLV a coaching graveyard, that shows that UNLV has shown their insanity. The definition of insanity is to continue to do the same thing and expect different results.
Coach Strong spent 6 years as an assistant coach and then became head coach at UNLV (0 years as a head coach prior to of after UNLV)
Coach Strong spent 8 years as an assistant coach, then had one year as the head coach at Nevada with no experience then at UNLV (1 year as a head coach prior to or after UNLV)
Robinson - The only coach with real head coaching experience, but he was already past his prime and had been out of coaching for two years following his dismissal from USC. Was a high school coach after UNLV. Even a broken clock is correct twice a day.
Coach Sanford spent over 25 years as an assistant coach without even 1 year of head coaching experience. After leaving UNLV he went on to continue as an assistant coach. Now that he is all but retired, he is coaching at Faith Lutheran. (0 years as a head coach prior or after UNLV)
Coach Odom is the first coach that had any real coaching experience at a higher level program, who wasn't past retirement age, or a lifetime assistant. Removing the insanity of the past AD's and President's has provided the chance for UNLV to actually become relevant.
I think coach Odom has shown that a good coach can do great things at UNLV. One more successful season will remove the graveyard stain from UNLV.
Now as for basketball - it is looking more and more like UNLV is going down the wrong path with continued insanity from past AD Desiree (one foot out the door/politically correct hire) Reed-Francois and Marta Mean/Len Jessup, etc.)