Alex Jensen

Education

Viewmont High School.

Career

He was a standout college player at the University of Utah. Jensen, Utah"s 1994 Mr. Basketball from Centerville, played for coach Rick Majerus at Utah.

As a freshman, he averaged 24.8 minutes, 6.7 points and 6.1 rebounds per game.

Upon returning from his mission, Jensen entered the starting lineup for the 1997-1998 season. Jensen and teammates Andre Miller, Michael Doleac and Hanno Möttölä, led the Utes to one of the best in school history, as the Utes went 30–4 and played for the 1998 National Championship, losing to Kentucky.

Jensen averaged 6.8 points and 5.2 rebounds and was named to the All-West Regional team for the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament. As a junior, Jensen took another step in his development as he made the All-Western Athletic Conference team (Pacific Division) and the Women's Army Corps All-Defensive team after averaging 12.1 points and 7.6 rebounds per game.

He was also the 1999 Women's Army Corps Men"s Basketball Tournament Most Valuable Player as he led the Utes back to the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament.

Jensen averaged 13.1 points and 7.5 rebounds per game that season and scored 1,279 points and collected 896 rebounds for his college career. Following the close of his college career, Jensen began an international career that would bring him to Spain, Japan and Turkey. He also played a season in the Continental Basketball Association for the Yakama Sun Kings, winning a league championship in 2003.

Jensen remained on Majerus" staff for four seasons, until he was offered the job as the first head coach of the Canton Charge of the National Basketball Association Development League.

On 2013 he was added to the Utah Jazz coaching staff to work as an assistant and on June 26, 2015, he joined Chris Fleming"s staff as an assistant for the German national team

Achievements

• While he was in Turkey, he was named All-International Basketball Federation Europe Cup Defender of the Year in 2004. Jensen was named the National Basketball Association Doctorate-League"s Coach of the Year for 2013 in just his second season.

Membership

As a senior, Jensen was the first Mountain West Conference player of the year as the Utes became a charter member of the league. In 2007, Jensen left professional basketball to become an assistant coach for his mentor, Rick Majerus, as a member of his new staff at Saint Louis.