Lois Tarkanian, lifelong educator and wife of famed Fresno State basketball coach, dies

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Dr. Lois Tarkanian, a trailblazer successful acquisition and widow of famed Fresno State men's hoops manager Jerry Tarkanian, has died.

On Monday, the University of Nevada announced Lois' decease successful an X post, penning that her 'kindness, spot and unwavering enactment touched everyone who knew her.'

During her clip successful education, Lois worked arsenic a teacher, a code pathologist, and successful medication earlier serving 14 years connected a Las Vegas schoolhouse board.

She was astir precocious elected to the Nevada System of Higher Education's Board of Regents successful 2020.

Lois made large strides successful making acquisition much inclusive successful California, including founding the state's archetypal backstage time schoolhouse for deaf children.

She would besides co-found The Public Education Foundation, an enactment that gives escaped and low-cost supplies to teachers successful Las Vegas.

Lois besides served for 14 years arsenic a subordinate of the Las Vegas City Council, including a word arsenic Mayor Pro Tem.

Her husband, a famed hoops manager who led some the UNLV and Fresno State teams during his career, died successful 2015.

She is survived by her 4 children.