By SuperWest Sports Staff
ATTah began playing the basketball of men in 1908, ending the 3-8 record. But until 1916, Utes won their first national championships, winning the title of National Aau tournament.
The school has performed the NCAA tournament 29 times, drawn within the twenty seventh position within the history of NCAA and the fourth largest performances within the West for under UCLA, Arizona and Byu.
In 1927, Utah began putting the muse on what would grow to be one of the essential university basketball programs with the employment of Vadal Peterson.
He and Utes reached the ultimate award in 1944, winning the national championship, and Arnie Ferrin called essentially the most outstanding player of the tournament after scoring 28 points within the last two matches.
Three years later, Peterson led Utah to the then more prestigious Nit Championships, with victory over Kentucky.
Peterson retired with the 385-230 record, ending his term because the only coach within the history of Utah, who won the national championship.
Jack Gardner, who trained Utah in 1953–1971, led Utes to seven conference titles, appearing in six performances within the NCAA tournament, including two final 4.
Known for his fast style, Gardner won the Utah nickname Runnin ‘Utes. He stays one in all the three trainers who twice leads two different programs to the Final Four, together with Roy Williams and Rick Pitino.
The last success of Kingpin of Utah basketball is Rick Majerus, who trained Utah to nine conference titles, making 11 trips to the NCAA tournament, including the ultimate 4 performance in 1998.
His profession record 323-95 is the perfect general percentage of winning amongst Utah coaches, with only one season lost for 25 years, establishing the usual for all subsequent UTE heads.
In 2011, Larry Krystkowiak took his reins in Salt Lake City, passing Utes into the newly prolonged PAC-12 conference. His teams performed two performances within the NCAA tournament, but they never won the title of the conference.
Craig Smith was employed from the state of Utah in 2021, signing a six -year agreement price $ 12.6 million. His team Utah went 11-20 in the primary yr of reconstruction.
Utes improved to 17-15 in its second season, emphasized by 81-66 nervousness No. 4 Arizona on December 1, 2022.
Utah went 22-15 within the third season of Smith, stopping 11 matches, losing to Oregon for twenty-four points from Devion Smith, who broke the record of Jason Kidda Pac-12 with five triple double triple.
Utes accepted the invitation to the sport in Nit in 2024, reaching the ultimate 4 before she lost to Indiana State in the primary performance after the Utah season from 2018.
The 2024-25 season didn’t go in line with plan, when Smith’s team finished 16-17 normally, not going to the NCAA tournament for all 4 years of their term.
Smith was released on February 24, 2025, before the top of the regular season.
Alex Jensen, Starter for Utes during their NCAA Championships in 1998 and a former assistant to NBA coach for Jazz and Mavericks, was employed on March 6.
University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)
Jon M. Huntsman Center
Current coaching staff
Current coach: Alex Jensen (Present 2025)
Assistant: Eric Daniels (Present 2025)
Assistant: Martin Schillar (Present 2025)
Assistant: Raphael Chodźce (Present 2025)
CEO Wes Wilcox (Present 2025)
Operational and Player Director: Rico Silvester (Present 2025)
Results after the season
National Championships: 1 (1944)
Last 4 performances: 4 (1944, 1961, 1966, 1998)
Elite Eight: 6 (1944, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1997, 1998)
Sweet sixteen performances: 16 (1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2015)
Appearance of the NCAA tournament: 29 (1944, 1945, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2016)
General NCAA tournament record: 38-32
Nit championship: 1 (1947)
Performances in Nit: 15 (1944, 1947, 1949, 1957, 1958, 1970, 1974, 1987, 1988, 1992, 2001, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2024)
General rivet Record: 18-14
CBI appearance: 1 (2008)
CBI General record: 1-1
CBC appearance: 1 (2025)
CBI General record: 0-1
Titles (MSC/Skyline, Wac, Mountain West, PAC-12, BIG 12)
BIG 12 regular season championships: 0
PAC-12 regular season championships: 0
Mountain West regular season championship: 5 (2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009)
Wac regular season championship: 12 (1966, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999)
MSC/Skyline regular season championships: 12 (1931, 1932, 1933, 1937, 1938, 1945, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962)
BIG 12 tournament championship: 0
PAC-12 Tournament Championship: 0
Mountain West tournament championship: 2 (2004, 2009)
Wac Championship Tournament: 3 (1995, 1997, 1999)
Annual prizes
Naismith Player of the Year: 1 (Andrew Bogut, 2005)
John R. Wooden award: 1 (Andrew Bogut, 2005)
Oscar Robertson Trophy: 1 (Andrew Bogut, 2005)
AP Player of the Year: 1 (Andrew Bogut, 2005)
NABC Player of the Year: 1 (Andrew Bogut, 2005)
AP All-Americans: 13 (Jakob Pöltl-2016; Delon Wright-2015; Andrew Bogut-2005; Andre Miller-9099; Keith van Horn-1997 and 1996; Danny Vranes-1981; Luther Burden-1974; Bill McGill-1962, 1961 and 1960; Vern Gardner-1949; ARNI-1948)
PAC-12 Player of the Year: 1 (Jakob Pöltl, 2016)
Mountain West Player of the Year: 4 (Luke Nevill-2009; Andrew Bogut-2005; Britton Johnsen-2002; Alex Jensen-200)
Wac Player of the Year: 7 (Andre Miller-1999; Keith van Horn-1997, 1996 and 1995; Josh Grant-1992 and 1991; Pace Mannion-1983)
Utah Main Coaching Records
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf Titles |
NCAA Tours |
NCAA Titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Jensen | 2025-present | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Smith | 2021-2025 | 66-67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Krystkowiak | 2011-2021 | 183-139 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Boylen | 2007-2011 | 69-60 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ray Giacoletti | 2004-2007 | 54-40 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kerry Rupp (int) | 2004 | 9-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Majerus | 1989-2004 | 323-95 | 9 | 11 | 0 |
| Dick Hunsaker (int) | 2000-2001 | 18-12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Cravens | 1989-1990 | 12-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lynn Archibald | 1983-1989 | 98-86 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jerry Pimm | 1974–1983 | 173-86 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Bill E. Foster | 1971-1974 | 43-39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Gardner | 1953-1971 | 339-154 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| Vadal Peterson | 1927-1953 | 385-230 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| IKE Armstrong | 1925-1927 | 9-18 | 1 | – – | – – |
| Thomas Fitzpatrick | 1917-1925 | 42-30 | 0 | – – | – – |
| Nelson Nordgren | 1914–1917 | 26-7 | – – | – – | – – |
| Fred Bennion | 1910–1914 | 44-9 | – – | – – | – – |
| Robert Richardson | 1909-1910 | 17-3 | – – | – – | – – |
| Private Milne | 1908-1909 | 3-8 | – – | – – | – – |
