BYU Hires Suns Assistant Kevin Younger To Exchange Mark Pope, Who Left To Coach Kentucky

PROVO, Utah: BYU employed Phoenix Suns affiliate head coach Kevin Younger to switch Mark Pope, who left to teach Kentucky, the college’s athletic director introduced Tuesday.

Younger will proceed to teach with the Suns throughout the NBA playoffs earlier than becoming a member of BYU, however he’ll work on retaining present gamers, contacting recruits and assembling a training workers throughout the playoffs.

“Kevin is somebody we’ve got had our eye on for some time,” BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe mentioned in a press launch. “He has risen to the highest of NBA assistant teaching ranks. He has been a lead candidate for NBA head teaching jobs and has been instrumental in growing top-level NBA expertise. Kevin will convey a brand new perspective, with an in depth NBA background to our program. He is an outstanding match at BYU.”

That is Younger’s first head teaching job on the NCAA Division I degree. The Salt Lake Metropolis native spent eight seasons teaching within the NBA G-League, with head teaching stints on the Utah Flash, Iowa Power and Delaware 87ers.

Younger spent 4 seasons as an assistant coach with the Philadelphia 76ers earlier than becoming a member of the Suns in 2020. He was promoted to affiliate head coach in 2021.

Younger had interviewed for NBA head teaching jobs with the Suns, Utah Jazz, Houston Rockets, Toronto Raptors and Milwaukee Bucks in latest seasons.

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