Jon Judkins
{{short description|American basketball player and coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Jon Judkins
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| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Utah Tech
| current_conference = WAC
| current_record = 326–194 ({{winpct|326|194}})
| contract =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|3|5}}
| birth_place = Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1983–1984
| player_team1 = Dixie State
| player_years2 = 1985–1988
| player_team2 = Utah State
| coach_years1 = 1988–1993
| coach_team1 = Snow College (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1993–2005
| coach_team2 = Snow College
| coach_years3 = 2005–present
| coach_team3 = Utah Tech
| overall_record = 326–194 ({{winpct|326|194}}) (NCAA)
284–128 ({{winpct|284|128}}) (NJCAA)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 2–8 (NCAA Division II)
| championships = 6 Pacific West Conference Regular Season (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018)
2 Pacific West Conference Tournament (2013, 2018)
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Regular Season (2020)
| awards =
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Jon Judkins (born March 3, 1964) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Utah Tech Trailblazers men's basketball team.{{Cite web |title=Jon Judkins – Men's Basketball Coach |url=https://dixiestateathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/jon-judkins/773 |website=Dixie State University Athletics}}
Playing career
After a season at Dixie College (now Utah Tech University), Judkins transferred to Utah State where he was the first Aggie to post a triple-double, and was part of the team's 1988 NCAA tournament bid.{{Cite web |title=Jon Judkins College Stats |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/jon-judkins-1.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Jon Judkins – Men's Basketball |url=https://utahstateaggies.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/jon-judkins/5544 |website=Utah State University Athletics}}
Coaching career
After graduation, Judkins joined the coaching staff at Snow College, where he was an assistant until 1993, when he was elevated to head coach. Over the next 12 seasons, he posted a 284–128 record before joining Utah Tech in 2005, guiding the team through its transition from junior college to NCAA status, first in Division II and in 2020, Division I as the Trailblazers join the Western Athletic Conference.{{Cite journal |date=January 11, 2019 |title=Dixie State University to Join WAC in 2020–21 |url=https://wacsports.com/general/2018-19/releases/20190111mx6862 |website=Western Athletic Conference}}
Overall, Judkins has guided Utah Tech to 11-straight winning seasons, six Pacific West Conference championships, and eight NCAA Division II Tournament appearances.
Personal
Judkins' brother, Jeff, is a former National Basketball Association (NBA) player and former head coach of the BYU Cougars women's basketball team.{{Cite web |title=Jeff Judkins Staff Bio |url=https://byucougars.com/staff/w-basketball/16946/Jeff-Judkins}}
Head coaching record
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Snow College Badgers
| conference = NJCAA
| startyear = 1992
| endyear = 2005
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Snow College
| overall = 284–128 ({{winpct|284|128}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Dixie State Rebels
| conference = NJCAA
| startyear = 2005
| endyear = 2006
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2005–06
| name = Dixie State
| overall = 20–12
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Dixie State Rebels – Red Storm – Trailblazers
| conference = Pacific West Conference
| startyear = 2006
| endyear = 2019
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2006–07
| name = Dixie State
| overall = 11–13
| conference = 0–0
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2007–08
| name = Dixie State
| overall = 13–14
| conference = 10–8
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2008–09
| name = Dixie State
| overall = 16–11
| conference = 8–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2009–10
| name = Dixie State
| overall = 20–6
| conference = 14–2
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = NCAA Division II First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2010–11
| name = Dixie State
| overall = 22–7
| conference = 13–3
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = NCAA Division II Regional Final
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2011–12
| name = Dixie State
| overall = 20–7
| conference = 15–3
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = NCAA Division II First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2012–13
| name = Dixie State
| overall = 22–7
| conference = 15–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division II First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2013–14
| name = Dixie State
| overall = 21–7
| conference = 15–5
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division II First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2014–15
| name = Dixie State
| overall = 19–8
| conference = 17–3
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = NCAA Division II First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2015–16
| name = Dixie State
| overall = 18–9
| conference = 15–5
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2016–17
| name = Dixie State
| overall = 19–9
| conference = 16–4
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = NCAA Division II First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2017–18
| name = Dixie State
| overall = 23–7
| conference = 18–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division II First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Dixie State Trailblazers
| conference = Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
| startyear = 2018
| endyear = 2020
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2018–19
| name = Dixie State
| overall = 18–9
| conference = 16–6
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2019–20
| name = Dixie State
| overall = 23–7
| conference = 17–5
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Dixie State Trailblazers
| conference = Western Athletic Conference
| startyear = 2020
| endyear =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2020–21
| name = Dixie State
| overall = 8–13
| conference = 4–10
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2021–22
| name = Dixie State
| overall = 13–18
| conference = 6–12
| confstanding = 10th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Utah Tech Trailblazers
| conference = Western Athletic Conference
| startyear = 2022
| endyear =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2022–23
| name = Utah Tech
| overall = 14–19
| conference = 5–13
| confstanding = 12th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2023–24
| name = Utah Tech
| overall = 11–20
| conference = 7–13
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2024–25
| name = Utah Tech
| overall = 7–26
| conference = 2–14
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Dixie State/Utah Tech
| overall = 326–194 ({{winpct|326|194}})
| confrecord = 219–99 ({{winpct|219|99}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = 326–194 ({{winpct|326|194}})
}}
References
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{{Dixie State Trailblazers men's basketball coach navbox}}
{{Western Athletic Conference men's basketball coach navbox}}
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