Coach Jim Boylen still hasn't filled the vacant assistant coaching position on his staff, but the Utes are undergoing some other changes a little further down the letterhead.

Director of player development Derek Deprey is leaving the Utes -- his last day is today, director of operations Jonathan Dykema said -- to become the general manager of a new health club in Milwaukee. That's where Deprey and his pregant wife are from, so they will be around old friends and family as they start their own family. Shame for the Utes, though; Deprey is a terrific guy.

With Deprey leaving, the Utes have promoted video coordinator Jason Larson -- his cousin is Tribune photographer Leah Hogsten, incidentally -- to director of player development, and moved graduate assistant Mark Plaisier up to Larson's video job. That's good news for both of those guys.

And one other note ...

While the Utes already have an impressive home schedule for next season that includes Gonzaga, Oregon and Cal, they are expecting to make it even better by adding LSU to the group. The deal hasn't been finalized yet, but the Utes expect that it will be soon.