BYU hires Suns assistant Kevin Young to replace Mark Pope, who left to coach Kentucky
PROVO, Utah (AP) — BYU hired Phoenix Suns associate head coach Kevin Young to replace Mark Pope, who left to coach Kentucky, the school’s athletic director announced Tuesday.
Young will continue to coach with the Suns during the NBA playoffs before joining BYU, but he will work on retaining current players, contacting recruits and assembling a coaching staff during the playoffs.
“Kevin is someone we have had our eye on for a while,” BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe said in a press release. “He has risen to the top of NBA assistant coaching ranks. He has been a lead candidate for NBA head coaching jobs and has been instrumental in developing top-level NBA talent. Kevin will bring a new perspective, with an extensive NBA background to our program. He is a phenomenal fit at BYU.”
This is Young’s first head coaching job at the NCAA Division I level. The Salt Lake City native spent eight seasons coaching in the NBA G-League, with head coaching stints at the Utah Flash, Iowa Energy and Delaware 87ers.
Related articles
Global negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution at critical phase in Canada
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — For the first time, negotiators from most of the world’s nations are discussi2024-04-30Chinese geoscientists set new record on shelf coring
(Xinhua) 13:19, August 28, 2023GUANGZHOU, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists said they have, for2024-04-30Russia claims links of Crocus attackers with Ukraine
Russia claimed to have found a link between the terrorists who attacked the Crocus City Hall near Mo2024-04-30Donald Trump and Lindsey Graham are again at odds, now over abortion
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The long and occasionally quixotic relationship between Donald Trump and Linds2024-04-303 dead, 4 missing in explosion at Italy power station
An explosion at an Italian power station on Tuesday killed at least three people and left 4 others m2024-04-30Virtual technology showcased at 2023 CIFTIS
(Xinhua) 09:16, September 06, 2023Visitors experience a virtual reality city during the 2023 China I2024-04-30
atest comment