Jeff "Juddy" Judkins has one of the most impressive basketball resumes on the planet.

He was a high school sensation at Highland High School in Salt Lake City, Utah.

He went on to play at the University of Utah where he is currently the 8th all-time leading scorer in Utes history - doing so before the 3-point line or shot clock era.To this day, he is the all time leader in minutes per game in a season at the University of Utah at 38 minutes per game.

After his college career, he was drafted by the Boston Celtics. He played for Boston (with Larry Bird), the Utah Jazz, Detroit Pistons, and Portland Trailblazers.

After his NBA career, Jeff was an assistant coach for 10 years for the University of Utah under Rick Majerus. Recruiting players like Keith Van Horn, Andre Miller, Michael Doleac, and Alex Jensen.

The Utes made it to the NCAA Championship during his tenure.

In 2001, Jeff became the head coach of the BYU Women's Basketball Team. Over the next 21 seasons, Coach Judkins' teams would have 20 winning seasons. They would win the conference championship 5 times, make the NCAA tournament 11 times, and go to the Sweet 16 twice.

He would win the conference's Coach of the Year 6 times, including his final season as head coach.

Jeff is the all-time winningest basketball coach in BYU history with 456 wins. He is the 2nd all-time winningest coach of any sport in BYU history.

He is a legend and we are grateful he was willing to spend so much time with us.

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CHAPTERS

0:00 Introducing Jeff Judkins

0:30 Jeff's Youth's Sports History

5:00 Philosophy on Multi Sport Athletes

8:58 Mental Challenges with Youth Athletes

14:45 Toughest Loss of Jeff's Career

19:00 Winning vs Losing Mentality

23:28 Toughest Parts of Coaching College

26:30 Filtering Through the Voices

33:03 Softer Players Nowadays

37:53 Jeff's College Career at Utah

42:07 More or Less Playing Time

44:35 College Practices

54:15 Obsessed about Improvement

58:38 Building Confidence

1:05:50 When to Pull Players

1:08:40 BYU or Utah?

1:11:44 Drawing Up Plays

1:11:55 Baseline Out of Bounds

1:13:52 2-3 Zone Play

1:15:48 Quick Hitters

1:17:13 Influential Coaches in Jeff's Life

1:17:54 Out of Timeout Plays

1:21:33 Jeff's NBA Career

1:26:53 World Games Experience

1:28:33 Impact of Right or Wrong System

1:31:05 Recruiting College Players

1:32:25 Coaching the Team You Have

1:38:00 BYU Coaching Stats

1:38:40 Words of Love for Juddy

1:29:23 Happy with Career?

1:40:59 May the Force Be With You Story

1:41:47 Message From Jeff's Daughter

1:42:14 Impact Coaches Can Have

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