- Former head coach of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas men's basketball team. Beat Duke for the 1990 title by the biggest point margin (30 points) in the history of the NCAA Division I tournament.
- Has never suffered a losing season in 36 years at the major college and junior college levels.
- Son of Armenian immigrants.
- Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013.
- Retired as head basketball coach of Fresno State. (March 2002)
- Men's head basketball coach at Pasadena City College, 1966-1968.
- Inducted into the Pasadena City College Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.
- Former head coach of Fresno State's Basketball team (1995-2002).
- Father-in-law of Amy Tarkanian.
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