Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Alex Jensen was hired as the men's basketball coach at the University of Utah, the school announced Thursday.
Jensen is a Utah native who won Mr. Basketball in the state in 1994 and then played for the Utes under Rick Majerus, winning Mountain West Player of the Year in 2000 and helping lead the program to four NCAA tournament appearances. He also was a starter on the Utah team that went to the 1998 national championship game and lost to Kentucky.
Jensen joined Jason Kidd's staff in Dallas in 2023 after a decade as an assistant with the Utah Jazz, advancing to the NBA playoffs six times.