An assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks is reportedly leaving to take a head coaching job in the college ranks.

I could either write another unfortunate thing about the Dallas Mavericks, or I could just decide writing ... Maybe he wants to be there for that. Craig Smith was fired a week and a half ago. You can’t have a captainless ship when there was a guy named ...

Ten days after firing Craig Smith, Utah has landed its next men's head basketball coach: Dallas Mavericks assistant Alex Jensen. The 48-year-old alum 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.

According to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, assistant coach Alex Jensen has accepted the job to become the next Utah Utes men’s basketball head coach. Utah fired Craig Smith, who was was in his fourth season in charge of the program, last month. He was 65-62.

The Utah Utes recently decided to fire head basketball coach Craig Smith, who won 20+ games just once in four seasons at the helm. Now, the school reportedly has eyes on a replacement. Who Is Alex Jensen?

Alex Jensen, who was the top target for the Utes, replaces Craig Smith, who was fired in late February in his fourth season at Utah.

Alex Jensen will take over for Craig Smith, who was fired last month after nearly four seasons with the program.

Utah basketball is locked in on its new head coach just over a week after firing Craig Smith during the season.

The Utah Utes are targeting Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Alex Jensen to replace head coach Craig Smith, who was fired last month, according to a report from college basketball insider Jon Rothstein.

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, reported Friday afternoon that Jensen intends to finish the season with the Dallas Mavericks.

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.