The Wildcats are “targeting” BYU coach Mark Pope as their next head coach ... Calipari had been Kentucky’s head coach since 2009, but now joins SEC rival Arkansas for the 2024-25 season.

After being turned down by multiple top-tier candidates, Kentucky is targeting one of its own, BYU's Mark ... the head coach at Utah Valley before that, going 77-56 in four campaigns. Pope ...

Mark Pope is returning to Kentucky. The former college basketball player, who was the captain of the Wildcats' 1996 national championship team, has been named the basketball program's new head coach.

The Wildcats are finalizing a five-year deal with BYU's Mark Pope, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Pope, a 1996 Kentucky graduate ... 110-52 at BYU and was the head coach at Utah Valley before ...

He becomes the 23rd head coach in Kentucky history ... expected to come in the "near future." Sources: Kentucky is targeting BYU coach Mark Pope to be the school’s next coach.

John Calipari left to be Arkansas's head coach, which left a vacancy in Lexington. That vacancy was filled by former BYU coach Mark Pope. This was an exciting hire for Kentucky as Pope was a ...

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ... WITH FORMER UK CENTER MARK POPE TO TAKE OVER THE PROGRAM. POPE HAS SPENT THE LAST FIVE SEASONS AS THE HEAD COACH AT BRIGHAM YOUN The search for a ...

It's official: Mark Pope, a former Wildcat and current coach at Brigham Young University, will be the next head coach of men's basketball at the University of Kentucky. UK Athletics made the ...

By that point, plenty of fun had already been had. Kentucky head coach Mark Pope was presented with a bourbon barrel lid commemorating his first regular-season win with the Wildcats following ...

Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats finished up the regular season on Saturday with a massive road win over #15 Missouri, locking up the number six seed in the SEC Tournament. The Wildcats ...

Kentucky needs to hire a new basketball ... The Wildcats are “targeting” BYU coach Mark Pope as their next head coach as the two sides are finalizing a five-year contract, ESPN’s Pete ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. – When his alma mater came calling, Mark Pope knew there was no place like home. Pope, a captain of the University of Kentucky’s 1996 National Championship team, has returned to ...