Ten days after firing Craig Smith, Utah has landed its next men's head basketball coach. The school is in the final stages of hiring Dallas Mavericks assistant Alex Jensen, a source confirmed to CBS Sports.
The former Runnin’ Ute big man comes to Salt Lake City from the NBA ranks, where he’s been an assistant for over a decade.
The Utes have hired Dallas Mavericks assistant Alex Jensen, a starter on Utah’s 1998 Final Four team, as their next head coach, the university announced Thursday.
Jensen, 48, was one of the key figures during Utah’s most prominent years as a program under legendary coach Rick Majerus.