{"id":431607,"date":"2025-03-06T19:54:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T18:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=431607"},"modified":"2025-03-06T19:54:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T18:54:57","slug":"dallas-mavericks-assistant-alex-jensen-hired-as-utahs-next-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/dallas-mavericks-assistant-alex-jensen-hired-as-utahs-next-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Mavericks assistant Alex Jensen hired as Utah&#8217;s next head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"673\" data-end=\"812\">The <strong data-start=\"677\" data-end=\"699\">University of Utah<\/strong> has officially hired <strong data-start=\"721\" data-end=\"736\">Alex Jensen<\/strong> as its next <strong data-start=\"749\" data-end=\"763\">head coach<\/strong>, bringing back one of its former star players.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"814\" data-end=\"1095\">Jensen, currently an assistant with the <strong data-start=\"854\" data-end=\"874\">Dallas Mavericks<\/strong>, has over a decade of <strong data-start=\"897\" data-end=\"924\">NBA coaching experience<\/strong>, including a stint as <strong data-start=\"947\" data-end=\"998\">head coach of the Canton Charge in the G League<\/strong>. Now, he returns to lead <strong data-start=\"1024\" data-end=\"1053\">Utah&#8217;s basketball program<\/strong>, aiming to build on its rich tradition.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dallas Mavericks assistant Alex Jensen has accepted the job as the next coach at Utah, sources tell me and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffborzello?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jeffborzello<\/a>. He\u2019s a former star player there and has been an NBA assistant since 2013. 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