Dr. Brad Rothemel - Inducted 2001

Biography:

Brad Rothermel served as athletic director at UNLV during the school’s most successful sports decade. From 1981-91, Rothermel oversaw a department that made its place on the national sports stage.
He directed the UNLV Athletic Department during the “glory days” when every program was competitive on a national level. It culminated with Jerry Tarkanian’s Runnin’ Rebels basketball team capturing the 1990 NCAA National Championship with a 107-73 victory over Duke on April 2, 1990.
After leaving his post as UNLV AD, Rothermel spent nine years as a professor at UNLV and spent two seasons as the chief executive of the Las Vegas Bandits of the USBL.

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The Rothemel File

Education:  
B.S. Northern Illinois (1960)
M.S. Illinois (1961)
Ph.D. Illinois(1965)

Family: 
Wife, Suzanne
Daughters Beth and Christine