UNLV REBELS

Kris Cinkovich

Position: Wide Receivers Experience: 6th year

Kris Cinkovich goes into his sixth season as the Rebels' wide receivers coach, and the former veteran Las Vegas high school coach has helped build one of the strongest units in the nation.

"Having coach Kris Cinkovich on this staff is a big plus because not only is he an excellent football coach but his relationships with football coaches here in Las Vegas are a real plus for us in recruiting," head coach Mike Sanford said.

During the 2006 season Cinkovich watched Ryan Wolfe set several Mountain West Conference and UNLV freshman records while both Wolfe and Casey Flair earned All-MWC honors. It was the first time since 1994 that a pair of Rebel receivers picked up all-league accolades. Flair broke the school record for career receptions last season, only to find himself later passed by Wolfe, who enters 2009 with 209 career catches after becoming the first WR in school history to be named first team all-conference twice in a career.

Cinkovich came to campus from Las Vegas High School, where he oversaw the Wildcats for nine seasons, building one of the state's top programs en route to compiling a record of 79-24. In 1995, he took LVHS to the playoffs for the first time in 15 years and in 2001 brought the school its first state championship since 1959.

Cinkovich's squads won three regional titles and were ranked among the best on the West Coast three times by USA TODAY.

No stranger to UNLV, Cinkovich was a graduate assistant coach in charge of running backs on Jim Strong's 1991 Rebel staff before moving to Green Valley High School as offensive coordinator for three seasons.

A 1984 graduate of Carroll College in Helena, Mont., Cinkovich earned his master's degree from Central Washington in 1987. He and his wife, Joanie, have two daughters, Carly (21) and Stephanie (18).

CINKOVICH AT A GLANCE

Born: 	Sept. 30, 1960
Wife: 	Joanie
Children: Daughters -
	Carly (21), Stephanie (18)
Education:
	Carroll College, 1984 -
	bachelor's degree
	Central Washington, 1987 -
	master's degree
Playing Experience:
	Carroll College, 1981-82 - OL
	Spokane Falls Community College, 1979-80 - OL
Coaching Experience:
	2004-pres.	UNLV - wide receivers
	1995-2003	Las Vegas High School - head coach
	1992-94	Green Valley High School - offensive coord.
	1991	UNLV - graduate assistant
	1990	Oregon Tech - wide receivers
	1987-89	Carroll College - offensive coordinator
	1986	Central Washington - linebackers
UNLV Recruiting Area:
	Southern & Northern Nevada, Sacramento area, Pacific
	Northwest
E-mail Address:	kris.cinkovich@unlv.edu