UNLV REBELS

Glynn Cyprien Position: Associate Head Coach

Glynn Cyprien, 33, begins his fifth season with the Runnin' Rebels and his second season as associate head coach. Cyprien has been instrumental in UNLV's successful recruiting classes over the past four seasons. In 1996-97, UNLV's recruiting class was tabbed the nation's best by the Sporting News and Basketball Times and the 1998-99 class was ranked second nationally by The Hoop Scoop.

He was an assistant coach at Western Kentucky (1994-95) before joining UNLV's staff. The Hilltoppers compiled an overall record of 27-4 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament (second round). They won the championships for the Sun Belt Conference, regular season and tournament.

Before joining Western Kentucky, he was the associate head coach at Jacksonville University from 1991-94. Other coaching experience includes: assistant coach at Lamar (1990-91); assistant coach at Texas-San Antonio (men's-1987-90 and women's-1988-89); head coach of the Louisiana AAA Junior Olympics in the summer of 1987 (team compiled a 43-7 record); and head coach of Holy Ghost Elementary (New Orleans) in 1985-86.

Cyprien, a native of New Orleans, attended Southern University (1985-87) and graduated from Texas-San Antonio (1987-90). He attended Jesuit High School in New Orleans and played guard and lettered four years in basketball. He lettered two years on the football team as a wide receiver. He has been a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) for 11 years and the Black coaches Association (BCA) for six years.

His father, James, coached for 30 years and his mother, Janice, also was a coach. Glynn has coached Robert Pack (Dallas Mavericks), Tim Breaux (Vancouver Grizzlies), Dave Johnson (Italy Pro League), Randy Livingston (Houston Rockets), Chris Robinson (Vancouver Grizzlies), Isadore Thorton (Argentina Pro League), and Lyle Mouton (Chicago White Sox) during his career.

THE CYPRIEN FILE