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.
New Utah men’s basketball head coach Alex Jensen reportedly won’t be full-time in Utah until after his NBA season has concluded. Two national NBA insiders based in Dallas, Marc Stein and Tim McMahon,
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.