Jeff Judkins

Jeff Judkins
Utah Utes
Personal information
Born	March 23, 1956 (age 68); Salt Lake City, Utah
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school	Highland (Salt Lake City, Utah)
College	Utah (1974–1978)
NBA draft	1978: 2nd round, 30th overall pick
	Selected by the Boston Celtics
Playing career	1978–1983
Position	Shooting guard / small forward
Number	32, 5, 22
Coaching career	1989–present
Career history
As player:
1978–1980	Boston Celtics
1980–1981	Utah Jazz
1981–1982	Detroit Pistons
1982–1983	Portland Trail Blazers
As coach:
1989–1999	U of Utah (men's asst.)
1999–2001	BYU (women's asst.)
2001–2022	BYU (women's)
2023–present	U of Utah (women's asst.)
Career highlights and awards
	3× First-team All-WAC (1976–1978);
Career NBA playing statistics
Points	1,482 (5.4 ppg)
Rebounds	427 (1.6 rpg)
Assists	282 (1.0 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Career coaching record
MWC/WCC	456–204 (.691)

Jeff Reed Judkins (born March 27, 1956) is a retired American professional basketball player and coach. He coached the Brigham Young University (BYU) Cougars women's basketball team^[1] from 2001 to 2022,^[2] after serving as their assistant coach in 2000–01.^[1] A 6'6", 185-lb shooting guard, he played college basketball at the University of Utah from 1974 to 1978^[1] and had a career in the NBA from 1978 to 1983.

Early life and education

Born in Salt Lake City, Judkins attended Highland High School, where his jersey no. 34 was retired in February 2006.^[3] He was all-state in football, baseball as well as basketball.^[1]^[3] After high school, he played with the University of Utah under Utes head coach Jerry Pimm.^[3]

Professional playing career

Judkins was selected by the Boston Celtics with the 8th pick in the 2nd round of the 1978 NBA draft (he was Boston's second pick in that draft after Hall-of-Famer Larry Bird.^[4]) He would be the last Celtic to wear #32 before the arrival of Kevin McHale. As well as playing for the Celtics, Judkins spent time with the Utah Jazz, Detroit Pistons and Portland Trail Blazers.^[1]^[4] He holds career averages of 5.4 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.0 assist per game.

Coaching career

After retiring from professional basketball, Judkins became an executive with Safelite.^[5]

As well as previously serving at BYU as a women's assistant coach to his predecessor Trent Shippen, and as the director of basketball operations, Judkins has also served as a men's assistant coach under Rick Majerus at the University of Utah.^[4]
Judkins served as assistant coach for his alma mater men's basketball team from 1989–1999.^[6]
After leaving Utah, he became assistant coach for BYU Cougars from 1999–2001 before being promoted to head coach, where he led the Cougars to 10 NCAA tournament appearances in his 21 years as head coach.^[6]
Judkins retired from head coach of BYU at the conclusion of the 2021–22 season.^[7]
After being retired for a year, Judkins became Utah Utes Assistant Coach of Player Development and Community Ambassador in September 2023.^[6]

Personal life

A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Judkins is married and has five children and 19 grandchildren.^[8]^[9] Judkins' brother, Jon, is currently the head coach of Division I Utah Tech in St. George, Utah^[10] He is a cousin of Danny Vranes, his teammate at Utah.^[11]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
BYU Cougars (Mountain West Conference) (2001–2011)
2001–02	BYU	24–9	10–4	2nd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2002–03	BYU	19–12	8–6	T–3rd	NCAA first round
2003–04	BYU	15–14	5–9	6th
2004–05	BYU	19–11	9–5	3rd	WNIT First Round
2005–06	BYU	26–6	13–3	1st	NCAA second round
2006–07	BYU	23–10	12–4	1st	NCAA first round
2007–08	BYU	13–16	7–9	T–5th
2008–09	BYU	18–11	8–8	T–5th
2009–10	BYU	23–10	11–5	2nd	WNIT Quarterfinals
2010–11	BYU	25–9	15–1	1st	WNIT Third Round
BYU (MW):		205–108 (.655)	98–54 (.645)
BYU Cougars (West Coast Conference) (2011–2022)
2011–12	BYU	26–7	12–4	2nd	NCAA first round
2012–13	BYU	23–11	11–5	T–3rd	WNIT Third Round
2013–14	BYU	28–7	14–4	2nd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2014–15	BYU	23–10	12–6	5th	NCAA first round
2015–16	BYU	26–7	16–2	1st	NCAA first round
2016–17	BYU	20–12	13–5	T-2nd	WNIT First Round
2017–18	BYU	16–14	11–7	4th
2018–19	BYU	26–7	11–7	4th
2019–20	BYU	18–11	13–5	T–2nd
2020–21	BYU	19–6	13–3	2nd	NCAA second round
2021–22	BYU	26–4	15–1	1st	NCAA first round
BYU (WCC):		251–96 (.723)	130–44 (.747)
Total:		456–204 (.691)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion