Report: Utah Valley’s Mark Madsen Leading Candidate For Pac-12 Job

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah Valley men’s basketball head coach Mark Madsen “has emerged” as one of the leading candidates to become the next head coach of the Pac-12 Conference’s California Bears, according to CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein.

The college basketball insider reported the news on Sunday, March 26.

“Sources: Utah Valley’s Mark Madsen has emerged as a leading candidate for the head coaching vacancy at Cal,” Rothstein tweeted. “Madsen has won a combined 48 games in the past two seasons at Utah Valley.”

Madsen has served as the Wolverines’ head coach since 2019.

Sources: Utah Valley’s Mark Madsen has emerged as a leading candidate for the head coaching vacancy at Cal.

Madsen has won a combined 48 games in the past two seasons at Utah Valley.

— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) March 26, 2023

Earlier in March, Cal fired Mark Fox after four seasons as the Bears’ head coach. The Bears posted a 3-29 record for the 2022-23 season.

This season, Madsen has led UVU to a 28-8 record and a spot in the NIT semifinals.

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Utah Valley’s semifinal game is against the UAB Blazers on Tuesday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. (MDT). The game will be televised on ESPN2.

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