Mark Pope was introduced as Kentucky men's basketball coach and didn't mince words, saying “We are here to win banners.” His introduction came two days after Kentucky hired him to replace John Calipari, a Hall of Fame coach who was hired by Arkansas on Wednesday after 15 years highlighted by winning the 2012 national championship.
Mark Pope holds up his old playing jersey to fans and media after being named Kentucky men’s NCAA college basketball head coach in Lexington, Ky., Sunday, April 14, 2024. Mark Pope exits the bus he rode into the arena, carrying the 1996 Championship Trophy at an event naming him head coach of the Kentucky men’s NCAA college basketball team, at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., Sunday, April 14, 2024.
Pope’s introduction came two days after Kentucky hired him to replace John Calipari, a Hall of Fame coach who wason Wednesday after 15 years highlighted by winning the 2012 national championship. The 51-year-old Pope returned home after going 110-52 in five seasons at BYU with two NCAA Tournament appearances, including this spring, and found Rupp Arena just as he left it — loud and packed, even late on a Sunday afternoon in April.
The challenge that juiced Pope the most was maintaining Kentucky’s “gold standard” of excellence from winning eight national championships.
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