New Utah basketball coach Craig Smith ‘made a lot of sense’ to Utah AD Mark Harlan
Smith marks Harlan’s first major coaching hire since arriving at Utah in 2018
New University of Utah men's basketball coach Craig Smith tours the Huntsman Basketball Facility on March 27, 2021
Josh Newman began covering the University of Utah for The Tribune in 2019. A Long Island, N.Y. native, he covered Rutgers University and Monmouth University for the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey for 15 years. Basketball remains his first love, a cold IPA coming in a close second.