UNLV REBELS

Max Good Position: Head Coach

Max Good, 59, became the head coach of the Runnin' Rebel basketball program on Dec. 12, 2000, following the reassignment of former head coach Bill Bayno.

Good was in his second season as assistant coach for the Runnin' Rebels when he was elevated.

He brought a wealth of basketball coaching experience with him when he joined the UNLV program. Good has totaled 30 years of experience in the coaching profession ranging from high school to college on the Division I level. This season will mark Good's 31st year of coaching.

Prior to joining the UNLV staff for the 1999-00 season, he spent 10 seasons (1989-99) as the head coach at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, Maine. He compiled an impressive 275-30 (.902) record that included five New England Prep School Athletic Conference Championships. The NEPSAC is considered the top sub-college league in the country.

His squad captured back-to-back conference championships recording a 69-4 mark over those two years. The 1998-99 squad compiled a 34-4 overall record and the 1997-98 team was 35-0. The 1998-99 team featured DerMarr Johnson, the Parade National Player of the Year.

During his tenure, Good's teams enjoyed three undefeated seasons (26-0 in 1989-90; 24-0 in 1990-91; 35-0 in 1997-98). From 1989-92, Maine Central Institute compiled 79 straight victories and the 1991-92 squad was 29-1.

Good also boasts 87 players who went on to play in Division I and seven NBA players including Etdrick Bohannon (Washington Wizards), Sam Cassell (New Jersey Nets), Brad Miller (Charlotte Hornets) and Cuttino Mobley (Houston Rockets). This past NBA draft, three of Good's former players went in the first round. They were Johnson (sixth pick to the Atlanta Hawks), Mamadou N'Dyiaye (27th pick to the Denver Nuggets) and Erick Barkley (28th pick to the Portland Trail Blazers). Former Runnin' Rebel center Issiah Epps also played at Maine Central Institute.

His extensive coaching background includes five seasons as the assistant coach at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond (1976-81). He then was named the head coach and spent eight seasons at Eastern Kentucky from 1981-89. He compiled an overall record of 96-129 (.427) at EKU. He enjoyed his best season in 1986-87 with a 19-11 record as he was named the Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year. The next season his squad was 18-11.

Before arriving at Eastern Kentucky, he spent six seasons at Richmond Madison High School in Richmond, Ky. He served three seasons (1970-73) as the JV head coach and three seasons (1973-76) as the head coach.

Good is a 1969 graduate of Eastern Kentucky. He received his master's degree from EKU in 1970.

THE GOOD FILE

BORN:  
July 17, 1941

EDUCATION:  
Undergraduate:  Eastern Kentucky, 1969
Graduate:  Eastern Kentucky, 1970

COACHING EXPERIENCE:
2000-present:  Head Coach, UNLV
1999-00:  Assistant Coach, UNLV
1989-99:  Head Coach, Maine Central Institute
1981-89:  Head Coach, Eastern Kentucky University
1976-81:  Assistant Coach, Eastern Kentucky University
1973-76:  Head Coach, Richmond Madison High School
1970-73:  Head Coach JV, Richmond Madison High School