BYU just finished a 26-4 season that brought plenty of superlatives. Jeff Judkins himself won WCC Coach of the Year for the second straight year.
The 66-year-old Judkins, who just finished his 21st season as BYU’s head coach, answered it anyway. He said he usually waits until the end of the year to decide if he’s coming back. In his younger years, it would be an automatic yes.
It was all an indication that Judkins is not yet ready for his 32-year coaching career to end. He still loves the game too much. Loves teaching and caring for his players too much. Loves competing too much. Judkins was at the center of all of it, and has been the constant figure for the Cougars since taking the head job in the 2001-02 season, which ended with a Sweet 16 appearance. The team’s next and most recent run that deep in the NCAA Tournament came in 2013-14.
“Everything that I did as a young boy, I didn’t want to lose,” Judkins said. “I wanted to be the best and I wanted to do all those things. As you get older, you really don’t lose that. You just keep having that fire.” But what really stands out about Judkins his unique relationship with each and every woman on his team. Freshman guard Nani Falatea has known the BYU coach since middle school, when he first started recruiting her. And even after just one season with the Cougars, Falatea can plainly see what makes him unique.
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