13 Facts About Mark Turgeon

Mark Leo Turgeon was born on February 5,1965 and is an American college basketball coach.

Mark Turgeon was born and raised as one of five children in Topeka, Kansas.

Mark Turgeon is married to Ann Fowler, whom he met at KU, and together they have three children.

Mark Turgeon earned All-State Tournament team honors in both of those years.

Mark Turgeon played in four straight NCAA tournaments, becoming the first KU player to do so.

Mark Turgeon was a team captain for both the 1986 and 1987 squads, was a member of the Big Eight All-Freshmen Team in 1984, and was a Big Eight All-Academic Performer in 1986.

Mark Turgeon remained on the Kansas staff when Roy Williams took over after Brown left for the San Antonio Spurs in 1989.

Mark Turgeon served as the head coach of the junior varsity team.

Mark Turgeon served as the team's recruiting coordinator in 1995, and recruited a class that ranked 35th nationally.

When head coach Jerry Green left Oregon to coach at the University of Tennessee, Mark Turgeon again chose to work for his former coach, Larry Brown, becoming an assistant for the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia 76ers for a year.

Mark Turgeon accepted his first head coaching position in 1998 with Jacksonville State University in Alabama.

Mark Turgeon's Aggies started the year unranked, with senior Josh Carter receiving preseason All-Big 12 honorable mention.

Mark Turgeon had visited the campus earlier that day and left with an offer.