K. T. Turner

Last updated

K. T. Turner
Current position
TitleHead Coach
Team UT Arlington
Conference WAC
Record21–14 (.600)
Biographical details
Born (1978-08-23) August 23, 1978 (age 46)
Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.
Alma materOklahoma City
Playing career
1997–1999 Hutchinson
2001–2002 Oklahoma City
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005–2006 Panola (assistant)
2006–2007 Redlands (assistant)
2008–2009 Cowley (assistant)
2009–2011 Hutchinson Community College (assistant)
2011–2012 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (assistant)
2012–2013 Wichita State (assistant)
2013–2016 SMU (assistant)
2016–2020SMU (associate HC)
2020–2021 Texas (associate HC)
2021–2022 Oklahoma (associate HC)
2022–2023 Kentucky (assistant)
2023–present UT Arlington
Head coaching record
Overall21–14 (.600) (college)

K. T. Turner (born August 23, 1978) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team. [1]

Contents

Playing career

Tuner played two seasons at Hutchinson Community College under Tim Jankovich before completing his playing career at Oklahoma City. He briefly played professionally in Italy. [1]

Coaching career

Beginning his coaching career in the junior college ranks, Turner had assistant coaching stints at Panola College, Redlands Community College, Cowley College, and Hutchinson before landing on Willis Wilson's staff at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. [2] Turner would move on to Wichita State for two seasons before joining Larry Brown's staff at SMU. He'd continue on staff when his former junior college head coach Tim Jankovich took over as head coach, being elevated to associate head coach in 2016. [3] From 2020 to 2023, Turner would be an assistant coach on the staffs at Texas, Oklahoma, and Kentucky. [2] [4] [5]

On March 17, 2023, Turner was named the Head Coach at UT Arlington. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
UT Arlington Mavericks (WAC)(2023–present)
2023–24 UT Arlington 20–1413–73rd
2024–25 UT Arlington 1–00–0
UT Arlington:21–14 (.600)13–7 (.650)
Total:21–14 (.600)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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