Nevada's Fox bolts to Georgia

ATLANTA " In a surprise move, Georgia has hired Nevada's Mark Fox to replace Dennis Felton.

Georgia will announce the hire at a news conference this morning, a person with knowledge of the hire confirmed on Thursday night.

The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the hire has not been officially announced.

Georgia associate athletic director Claude Felton said Thursday night Evans will "discuss the men's basketball head coaching position" at today's news conference.

Evans chose Fox two days after Georgia was unable to hire Mike Anderson, who instead agreed to a new deal at Missouri on Tuesday.

Fox led Nevada to a 21-13 record this season, his fifth straight 20-win season as the school's head coach. Nevada lost to UTEP in the first round of the College Basketball Invitational.

Fox was 123-43 in five seasons at Nevada. The 40-year-old Fox was an assistant coach at Washington (1991-93) and Kansas State (1994-2000) before moving to Nevada as associate head coach under Trent Johnson in 2000. He was hired as head coach in 2004 and led the Wolf Pack to three NCAA appearances in five years.

"I truly loved being the coach at Nevada, and I will forever cherish my time in the community," Fox said in a prepared statement through the Nevada sports information office. "

"I want to thank Mark and Cindy Fox for everything they did for the University of Nevada," Nevada AD Cary Groth "We are losing two highly respected professionals."

Cindy Fox has served as Nevada's senior women's administrator for several years.

Nevada will hold a press conference today to discuss the process of hiring a new coach.