UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

Chris Jones has been named the Director of Operations for the Utah men’s basketball team, head coach Larry Krystkowiak announced on Friday. Jones began his coaching career in London, England as the head coach of Wurthing Bears from 1998-99 before spending three years as an instructor at Champions Athletic Academy. He then returned to the collegiate ranks as an assistant at Westminster College from 2003-04 before making his way to the U. Jones played collegiately at Utah for two seasons (1993-94) and was part of the 1993 team that won the Western Athletic Conference regular season championship and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. He graduated from Utah in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. Read More.