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Ute basketball staff adds veteran assistant Donny Daniels and a Costa Rican coach, whose son is a big-time player

Utah basketball coach Larry Krystkowiak will field likely the youngest team in the program’s history in 2019-20, explaining why he would add a “great skill-development coach” to his staff.

The latest evidence of Henry Martinez's impact includes his sons, one who plays for Cal State Northridge and another who's among the West's top recruits in the class of 2020.

High-scoring guard Ian Martinez’s reported commitment to Utah this week is probably not coincidental, in that context. In any case, Krystkowiak’s hiring of Henry Martinez, who has coached on the high school and professional levels in Costa Rica, is a creative way to fill the vacancy created when DeMarlo Slocum moved to UNLV in early April.