Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball versus Nevada [Exh] on October 17, 2025
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Men's Basketball
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Men's Basketball
Slocum, DeMarlo
DeMarlo Slocum
- Title:
- Men's Basketball Assistant Coach
- Email:
- dslocum@huntsman.utah.edu
- Phone:
- 801-581-5451
DeMarlos Slocum returned the University of Utah for his second stint with the Runnin' Utes men's basketball program in 2021-22 and enters his third season on Craig Smith’s staff, 11th overall.
Slocum, who spent eight seasons on the Hill (2011-19), returned after serving as an assistant coach at UNLV alongside TJ Otzelberger from 2019-21.
His first season back in SLC saw Slocum help development the younger guards, Gabe Madsen and Lazar Stefanovic. Stefanovic was later named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team at seasons end after averaging 7.7 points and 3.3 rebounds in league play. The Utes also had early season success, starting the year 5-0 and capped it off winning the Sunshine Slam Tournament championship.
The 2022-23 campaign saw much improvement from the guards with both Madsen (11.6ppg) and Stefanovic (10.3ppg) averaging double-digit points. The highlight of the season came in December when the Utes rolled past then-No. 4/4 Arizona 81-66 at home.
Slocum recently served as a panelist at the annual Rising Coaches Conference in July of 2023 focusing on culture, recruiting and impacting winning as an assistant coach.
Silver Waves Media recognized Slocum in May of 2022 and named him one of the most impactful high major assistant coaches in Division I basketball.
A native of Las Vegas, Slocum helped his hometown team to a second-place finish in the Mountain West Conference his first season – which was the best league finish in 12 years. In that same year, the Runnin’ Rebels also handed fourth-ranked San Diego State its first loss of the season and gave UNLV its best true road victory since 1991.
The Runnin’ Rebels were also fantastic in the classroom with 11 student-athletes posting a 3.0 GPA or greater in the spring of 2020.
During his first stint at Utah, Slocum was integral in the Runnin’ Utes making five-straight postseason appearances – including back-to-back NCAA Tournament berths, a Sweet 16 appearance and an NIT runner-up finish. In addition, he was on staff when the Utes had a player selected in the first round of the NBA Draft in three-consecutive years (2015-17).
Of those three first-round draft picks, Slocum recruited Delon Wright and Kyle Kuzma to SLC. Wright, who was the 2015 Bob Cousy Award winner, became the first player in Pac-12 history to win the honor since the award’s inception in 2003-04. He also led the Runnin’ Utes in scoring and assists back-to-back years (2013-15), and finished his career at Utah with 1,022 points – which is good for 38th best in program history. Wright was a two-time All-Pac-12 First-Teamer (2014-15) while Kuzma was a first-team honoree in 2017. Wright was the 20th overall selection by Toronto Raptors in 2015 and currently plays with the Sacramento Kings while Kuzma was drafted 27th overall by the Brooklyn Nets before playing an integral role in the Los Angeles Lakers’ championship run in 2020.
Prior to joining the Utes, Slocum spent four seasons at Colorado State where he worked alongside Smith under Tim Miles. Slocum was part of the revitalization process of the Rams’ basketball program and went from winning seven games total his first year to 19 games his final year in Ft. Collins with two-straight postseason appearances.
Before joining Miles’ staff, Slocum was an assistant coach at Idaho during the 2006-07 season after joining Tim Floyd’s staff as the director of operations at Southern California (2005-06).
Slocum’s coaching career began in at Georgia Southern where he finished his collegiate career, serving as a graduate assistant for the 2001-02 campaign. From there, he returned to his home state to become the head coach at Desert Pines High School from 2002-04. While leading the Jaguars, Slocum also founded the Las Vegas Prospects AAU program.
A student-athlete himself, Slocum spent two seasons at Dixie State before finishing out his career at Georgia Southern where he earned a degree in public recreation and kinesiology in 2001. As a junior at Georgia Southern, he was the team's second-leading scorer before finishing fourth in scoring as a senior. Slocum received his master's degree in educational leadership from Grand Canyon University in 2017.
Slocum's Coaching Career
| Years | School | Position |
| 2021- | University of Utah | Assistant Coach |
| 2019-21 | UNLV | Assistant Coach |
| 2011-19 | University of Utah | Assistant Coach |
| 2007-11 | Colorado State | Assistant Coach |
| 2006-07 | University of Idaho | Assistant Coach |
| 2005-06 | University of Southern California | Director of Basketball Operations |
| 2004-05 | Dixie State College | Assistant Coach |
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