Ten days after firing Craig Smith, Utah has landed its next men's head basketball coach. The school is hiring Dallas Mavericks assistant Alex Jensen, sources confirmed to CBS Sports. Jensen is a 48-year-old alum who played for Rick Majerus and was on the legendary 1997-98 Runnin' Utes team that went all the way to the national title game against Kentucky.
Remember the end of Titanic when Jack didn’t get on the door and died in the water? Not sure why I’m bringing that up. Anyway, the Mavericks exist.
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.
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