Kentucky is hiring one of its own, BYU's Mark Pope, to replace John Calipari as the school's next men's basketball coach, sources told FOX Sports.
One of Kentucky’s own is returning to Lexington in an unlikely hire to replace John Calipari. BYU head coach Mark Pope, a part of Rick Pitino’s national championship team at Kentucky in 1996, is leaving Provo, Utah, to replace Calipari as the leader of the Wildcats program, multiple sources told FOX Sports. The school announ ed the hire Friday morning.
A captain on Kentucky’s 1995-96 national title team, Pope was one of nine future NBA players on the 34-2 squad that featured Tony Delk, Antoine Walker and Walter McCarty. Pitino called Pope one of the hardest workers he’s ever coached, telling FOX Sports he 'loves his former captain, a Kentucky great' earlier on Thursday night.
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