[COACHING MOVES] The decision by Indiana to replace Mike Freitag with ToddYeagley continues to reverberate across the country. Yeagle’s departure from Wisconsin led to John Trask leaving UIC for the Badgers, while
Sanchez, who spentthe last four seasons as the head coach at UNLV, was on Lolla’s Akron staff from 2003-05.
“We are so excited to reunite with Mario,” said Lolla. “He is anoutstanding person as well as a great coach. He has done a tremendous job at rebuilding UNLV and he will be a wonderful addition to our program.”
Last season Sanchez guidedthe Rebels to their first winning season since 2002 with an overall record of 8-7-4. His 2009 squad was the youngest team in the nation with 12 freshmen and 14 newcomers to the squad.