Alex Jensen

College career

Jensen, named Utah Mr. Basketball in 1994 out of Centerville, played under Rick Majerus at Utah. As a freshman, he averaged 24.8 minutes, 6.7 points, and 6.1 rebounds per game. After that season, he left for a two-year Latter-day Saint mission in England. Returning for the 1997–98 season, he joined the starting lineup alongside Andre Miller, Michael Doleac, and Hanno Möttölä.

That group led the Utes to a 30–4 record and a trip to the 1998 National Championship game, where they fell to Kentucky. Jensen averaged 6.8 points and 5.2 rebounds that year and earned a spot on the NCAA tournament's All-West Regional team. As a junior, he made the All-Western Athletic Conference (Pacific Division) and the WAC All-Defensive team, averaging 12.1 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. He also took home MVP honors at the 1999 WAC men's basketball tournament, pushing the Utes back to the NCAA tournament.

In his senior season, Jensen became the first Mountain West Conference Player of the Year, putting up 13.1 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. Over his college career, he scored 1,279 points and grabbed 896 rebounds.

Coaching career

Jensen left professional basketball in 2007 to become an assistant coach for his mentor Rick Majerus at Saint Louis. He stayed on Majerus' staff for four seasons before taking the job as the first head coach of the Canton Charge in the NBA Development League. In just his second season, he was named the NBA D-League's Coach of the Year for 2013. On July 23, 2013, he joined the Utah Jazz as a player development assistant.

Two years later, on June 26, 2015, he became an assistant on Chris Fleming's staff with the Germany national team. In August 2022, Jensen served as head coach of the United States at the FIBA AmeriCup. He left the Jazz in 2023 to become an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks. On March 6, 2025, he was appointed head coach of the Utah Utes men's basketball team.