Earlier this month, Judkins accepted a role as an assistant coach for player development at Utah. He will also serve as a community ambassador.
The job has also been tailored to provide the balance Judkins was looking for at this point in his career: a chance to coach that still affords him time to be around his family. The assistant coaching role is allowed to recruit on-campus, but not off campus. So Judkins will be on the road less.“They got some good bigs. You know, Jenna [Johnson] and Alissa Pili are very good. These young kids have some good potential,” Judkins said.
Judkins will work with Utah’s defense and frontcourt to start. Arguably, that is where the Utes need the most help: They average nearly 90 points per game, but could use more depth inside. LSU exposed that in the Sweet 16 last year. Utah brought in a bit more size from the transfer portal. Samantha Crispe, a 6-2 forward from Boston University, and Nene Sow, a 6-8 center from Northeastern Oklahoma, will join the team this year. Reese Ross, the 6-2 South Dakota high school player of the year, has also arrived on campus this fall.“It is a game of inches, and I think we are going to be really good,” she said. “But I don’t want to be really good; I want to be the best. I think he can help us take a step forward.
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