Sources: UT Arlington to employ UK assistant Turner

UT Arlington is expected to work with Kentucky assistant K.T. Turner as its next head coach, sources told ESPN.Editor’s Picks

1 Related Turner signed up with John Calipari’s staff last offseason after investing one season at Oklahoma under Porter Moser and one season at Texas under Shaka Smart. Prior to moving to Austin, Turner was an assistant coach at SMU for 7 seasons.He started his coaching profession at the junior college level before moving to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Wichita State. Turner likewise played professionally in Italy for three seasons.”I knew that when we had an opening

, K.T. Turner would be our next man I ‘d be calling on,”Calipari stated when he hired Turner last spring.” I have actually been extremely impressed with K.T. for as long as I have actually understood him. “He is from Cincinnati, his father worked for Tony Yates,

and he still has ties to the location. He’s a recognized coach and somebody who wants advancement. He enjoys spending quality time in the gym working with kids and assisting them continue to push for enhancement. “K.T. has actually done an outstanding job of recruiting Texas, which has actually always been good to us, and has a great ability to get in touch with youths. He is precisely the coach we were trying to find and I’m thrilled to have him join our household. “Turner replaces Greg Young, who was fired in early February after less than two years in the job. UT Arlington went 11-18 in Young’s very first season prior to going 11-21 this season. The Mavericks were 9-16 when they release Young.