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Guard · 1980–81

Jeff Judkins

Salt Lake City's own — Highland High, then the University of Utah — Judkins was taken by Boston in the second round of the 1978 draft, the Celtics' next pick after Larry Bird. He was the last Celtic to wear No. 32 before Kevin McHale arrived, and his five NBA seasons included a hometown stop with the Jazz in 1980-81.

Coaching defined the longer arc: assistant years at Utah under Rick Majerus and at BYU, then 21 seasons as BYU's women's head coach with ten NCAA tournament trips before retiring in 2022. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he is married with five children and 21 grandchildren.

HOW HE CAME & WENTUtah signed him as a veteran free agent on July 28, 1980 and traded him to Detroit a year later for the third-round pick that became Jerry Eaves.

Full name
Jeff Reed Judkins
Utah Jazz tenure
1980–81
Position
Guard
Born
1956, Salt Lake City
Height
6′6″ (198 cm)
Weight
185 lb (84 kg)
College
Utah
Drafted
1978, 2nd round, Boston
Signatures in the archive
  • 1980-81 Topps #68 Singles HAND
  • 1980-81 Utah autographed playing card
  • 1980-81 Utah Jazz Team-Signed Poster 8x10.5

No photograph of this signature is online yet.

With the Jazz

JEFF JUDKINS · 1980–81 · PER GAME
SEASONTEAMGMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFG%3P%FT%
1980–81UTA6210.73.81.51.00.30.0.426.321.882
JAZZ TOTAL1 SEASON6210.73.81.51.00.30.0.426.321.882

Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗  ·  Wikipedia ↗

Did you know

JEFF JUDKINS · 6 NOTES
  • Coached BYU women's basketball for nearly two decades.
  • He is a cousin of Danny Vranes and the two were teammates at the University of Utah.
  • He earned all-state honors in three sports at Salt Lake's Highland High, which retired his number 34 in 2006.
  • His final BYU season went 26-4 with a school-record sixteen straight weeks in the Associated Press Top 25.
  • His brother Jon is a Division I head coach at Utah Tech in St. George, keeping the family in the college game.
  • He came back to the University of Utah in 2023 as an assistant for player development and community ambassador.