South Dakota State University men’s basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger will be the new coach at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. UNLV announced the hire on Wednesday afternoon.

Otzelberger, who just completed his third year as SDSU’s coach, replaces Marvin Menzies, who was fired after three seasons and a 17-13 record for the Runnin’ Rebels this season.

"I have been fortunate to coach at some amazing universities and it was going to take a very special opportunity to leave Brookings," Otzelberger said in a UNLV-issued statement. "UNLV basketball is one of the most storied programs in the nation and situated in one of the world's greatest cities. I'm honored to have the opportunity to add to the Runnin' Rebels' rich history and my family and I could not be more proud to be the newest members of this world-class university and Las Vegas community."

At UNLV, Otzelberger is being called on to help invigorate a historic program that was dominant in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and made six NCAA tournament trips in seven years from 2007 to 2013, but hasn’t appeared since.

"When I set out to find the next coach of our Runnin' Rebels," UNLV Athletic Director Desiree Reed-Francois said, "I sought a hard-working, laser-focused head coach who personifies our core values; who knows what success looks like; who is passionately committed to winning; and who is at ease with being the face of our storied basketball program. T.J. exemplifies these attributes.”

Otzelberger, 41, was 70-33 in three seasons in Brookings, including a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances in his first two years. He was previously an assistant coach at Iowa State and Washington before being hired to replace longtime SDSU coach Scott Nagy on April 14, 2016.

SDSU was 24-9 this season and won the Summit League’s regular season championship, but the Jackrabbits were dumped out of the Summit League tournament in the first round with a stunning loss to Western Illinois in the quarterfinals. SDSU’s season ended on March 19 with a 79-73 loss at Texas in the first round of the National Invitational Tournament.