He was most known as the coach at Utah from 1989-2004 and took the Utes to the national championship game in the 1997-98 season.
Majerus coached from 1987-1989 for Ball State. In those seasons, he had a combined record of 43-17 and had a 22-10 record in the Mid-American Conference. In the 1988-89 season, Ball State finished first in the MAC and went to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.