Former football aide has heart transplant

Former UNLV offensive coordinator Barney Cotton underwent a successful heart transplant Tuesday, coach Tony Sanchez said.

Cotton, 63, faces a long recovery. Doctors will be watching to see if his body properly accepts the new heart. The procedure took place in Omaha, Nebraska, where Cotton and his wife, Christine, have been staying with his sister.

Cotton was UNLV’S offensive coordinator the past four years before stepping away in July after discovering he needed the transplant. He hopes to return to coaching.

In other football news, Max Gilliam took the second-team snaps in practice and likely will be UNLV’S backup quarterback Saturday, Sanchez said.

Women’s tennis: At Fertitta Tennis Complex, senior En-pei Huang won 6-0, 6-0 in Flight One singles and teamed with junior Izumi Asano for an 8-3 doubles victory on the first day of the fiveday, 20-team ITA Mountain Region Championships. their manager, multiple sources familiar with the situation said.

Ross, 42, beat out five other candidates to replace Joe Maddon, who was hired by the Los Angeles Angels. Ross played under Maddon in 2015 and 2016, helping the

Cubs to a World Series title before becoming a member of the team’s front office and an ESPN baseball analyst.

Ross played in the majors for 15 seasons with seven teams. He played 116 games with the 51s in 2002 and 2003.

Pirates: The team is parting ways with Frank Coonelly as team president after 12 seasons and replacing him with former Penguins chief operating officer Travis Williams, the Pittsburgh Tribunereview reported. Williams spent 10 years with the Penguins before leaving in November to become the New York Islanders’ chief business officer.