K.T. Turner, current assistant coach for the University of Kentucky, has been named men’s basketball head coach, according to a press release Friday. This is the first head coach gig for Turner, who previously spent seven years at Southern Methodist University and a year at UT-Austin.
Turner’s appointment came only a month after the firing of Greg Young mid-season and over a week after the Mavericks, led by interim head coach Royce Johnson, were eliminated in the first round of the Western Athletic Conference basketball tournament.
“I expect to win, and I expect to do so quickly — as should all of our supporters,” Turner said in the press release.