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Jeff Judkins

Jeff Judkins
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Personal information
Born (1956-03-27) March 27, 1956 (age 60)
Salt Lake City, Utah
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight 185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school Highland (Salt Lake City, Utah)
College Utah (1974–1978)
NBA draft 1978 / Round: 2 / Pick: 30th overall
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:
19781980 Boston Celtics
1980–1981 Utah Jazz
19811982 Detroit Pistons
19821983 Portland Trail Blazers
As coach:
1989–1999 U of Utah (men's asst.)
1999–2001 BYU (women's asst.)
2001–present BYU (women's)
Career highlights and awards
  • 3× First-team All-WAC (1976–1978)
Career NBA statistics
Points 1,482 (5.4 ppg)
Rebounds 427 (1.6 rpg)
Assists 282 (1.0 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Jeffrey Reed Judkins (born March 23, 1956) is a retired American professional basketball player and current head coach of the Brigham Young University (BYU) Cougars women's basketball team, a position he has held since summer 2001 after serving as their assistant coach in 2000–01. A 6'6", 185-lb shooting guard, he played college basketball at the University of Utah from 1974 to 1978 and had a career in the NBA from 1978 to 1983.

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

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.) As well as playing for the Celtics, Judkins spent time with the Utah Jazz, Detroit Pistons and Portland Trail Blazers. He holds career averages of 5.4 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.0 assist per game.


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