Ten days after firing Craig Smith, Utah has landed its next men's head basketball coach. The school is hiring Dallas Mavericks assistant Alex Jensen, sources confirmed to CBS Sports. Jensen is a 48-year-old alum who played for Rick Majerus and was on the legendary 1997-98 Runnin' Utes team that went all the way to the national title game against Kentucky.

The former Runnin’ Ute big man comes to Salt Lake City from the NBA ranks, where he’s been an assistant for over a decade.

According to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, assistant coach Alex Jensen has accepted the job to become the next Utah Utes men’s basketball head coach. Utah fired Craig Smith, who was was in his fourth season in charge of the program, last month. He was 65-62.

Alex Jensen has emerged as the “front-runner” and a deal “could be done in the next day or two,” Jeff Goodman of The Field of 68 reported Tuesday afternoon. Goodman’s report comes on the heels of several other reports indicating that Utah is hoping to sign Jensen as Craig Smith’s replacement.

Former Runnin’ Ute star and longtime NBA assistant Alex Jensen is set to become the University of Utah’s next men’s basketball head coach.

The Utah Utes recently decided to fire head basketball coach Craig Smith, who won 20+ games just once in four seasons at the helm. Now, the school reportedly has eyes on a replacement. Who Is Alex Jensen?

The Utah Runnin' Utes are in the midst of a critical coaching search following the recent firing of head coach Craig Smith. As the program strives to establish itself in the highly competitive Big 12 Conference,

A week after the University of Utah fired men's basketball head coach Craig Smith, the coaching search has circled around one person.