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Biography
K. T. Turner is an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team.
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.
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. 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. From 2020 to 2023, Turner would be an assistant coach on the staffs at Texas, Oklahoma, and Kentucky.
On March 17, 2023, Turner was named the Head Coach at UT Arlington.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UT Arlington Mavericks (WAC) | |||||||||
| 2023–24 | UT Arlington | 13–13 | 8–7 | ||||||
| UT Arlington: | 13–13 (.500) | 8–7 (.533) | |||||||
| Total: | 13–13 (.500) | ||||||||
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