Kentucky Set to Make History with BYU’s Mark Pope as New Basketball Coach
LEXINGTON, Kentucky – After an extensive search for a new men’s basketball coach, the University of Kentucky is set to hire Mark Pope, the current coach of BYU. This decision comes after Kentucky’s initial overtures to Scott Drew of Baylor and Dan Hurley of UConn were declined. Pope, a former player on Kentucky’s 1995-96 championship team, has been offered a five-year deal with an average annual salary of $5.5 million, sources revealed. The agreement is …