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Dave Rose |
A tireless worker, gifted motivator and strong strategist, Dave Rose has guided BYU to consecutive 20-win seasons and the program's first national ranking since 1993 after succeeding Steve Cleveland as BYU Men's Basketball Head Coach on April 11, 2005.
Rose coached last year's team to a 25-9 overall record and the MWC regular-season title (13-3) while earning his second consecutive MWC Coach of the Year award. He was district and conference coach of the year in his first season at the Cougar helm in 2005-06. Taking over a 9-21 team, Rose's Cougar squad was picked to finish last in his first season in the Mountain West Conference (preseason poll of MWC media members), but BYU instead earned a 20-9 record and NIT bid in 2005-06 under Rose's tutelage, including a 12-4 conference mark to tie for second place. His team ranked second nationally for the most improvement over the year before.
Rose was named the USBWA District VIII Coach of the Year and received honorable mention for National Coach of the Year by Scout.com. He was named MWC Coach of the Year by the league's media and coaches and by CollegeInsider.com. ESPN analyst Bob Valvano called BYU "one of the great surprise teams in the country." In a column on ESPN.com, Pat Forde listed Rose as one of the top first-year coaches in the nation, ranking Rose No. 3 overall among the nearly 40 first-year coaches in college basketball in 2005-06.
Rose, who served the prior eight seasons as Cleveland's lead assistant in Provo, was promoted to BYU's head job two days after Cleveland announced his resignation to take the head-coaching position at Fresno State. Rose served as BYU's associate head coach for five seasons and took over the Cougar program with 22 years of coaching experience, including 10 seasons as a head coach at the junior college and high school levels.
Since coming to Provo in 1997 with Cleveland, Rose played a vital role in rebuilding BYU's program from an inherited 1-25 team into a regular NCAA Tournament participant and 20-game winner. BYU has qualified for postseason play in seven of the past eight seasons, including four NCAA bids, while claiming three MWC titles. As associate head coach, Rose fulfilled a variety of responsibilities under Coach Cleveland, and his efforts earned notice, such as being named the top assistant in the Mountain West Conference by Street & Smith in the 2004-05 College Basketball Preview.
Rose was the team's defensive coordinator and worked with the post players. He possesses a complete knowledge of the game and worked hard in developing the team's defensive game plans. An outstanding teacher, he coached defensive skill development and implemented the defensive game plan. BYU was the top defensive team in the Mountain West Conference two of the four seasons Rose oversaw the defense.
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Jeff Judkins |
2006 MWC Coach of the Year Jeff Judkins begins his sixth year as head coach of the women's basketball program. Prior to heading up the women's program, he served one year (1999-2000) as Director of Basketball Operations for the BYU men's team. In (2000-2001) he was an assistant coach on the women's team.
Last year under the tutelage of coach Judkins, the Cougar squad compiled its best finish in school history with a 26-6 record, clinched its first MWC regular season title since 1992 and received a no. 7 seed in the NCAA tournament, the highest seed for any BYU program.
For the first time since the 2002-03 season, the team and its 13-1 record to start the year broke into the women's basketball collegiate polls, ranked no. 23 by the AP Poll and the USA Today/Espn/WBCA Coaches Poll. They would move up the poll to as high as 18 and 16 in the two respective polls, finishing the year at no. 20. Last year coach Judkins also picked up his 100th win, a 69-67 victory over CSU on Mar. 2, the same time the team clinched the league's regular season title.
Under Judkins tutelage the women's basketball program has had consistent success with four postseason appearances including three NCAA Championships, guiding the team to its first ever Sweet Sixteen finish in 2002. In 2005, the 19-11 team played in the first round of the WNIT.
Judkins has also coached two All-Americans in Erin Thorn and Ambrosia Anderson. Both have gone on to play in the WNBA for the New York Liberty. Thorn has been with the team for four years while Anderson just completed her first year playing professionally.
The longtime University of Utah coach and player came to Provo with a proven record of success dating back to his high school days at Highland High School in Salt Lake City. An all-state selection in basketball, football and baseball, Judkins went on to play for the University of Utah from 1974-78.
While playing at Utah, Judkins helped lead the Utes to one conference championship and two berths in the NCAA tournament. He was a second-team academic All-American and three-time District VII academic selection. He also earned three first team All-WAC honors and was a member of the 1977 United States World Games team that captured the gold medal.
Judkins also played five years in the National Basketball Association for the Boston Celtics, Portland Trailblazers, Detroit Pistons and Utah Jazz. He was a second-round pick of the Celtics in 1978, the same year the Celtics selected Larry Bird with the sixth pick overall.
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