Thanks Coach Pope

[smokymountainrain]

best thing about pope as it relates to these transfers is that he takes his swings. he missed a lot, but when you take a lot of shots, you will hit a few. in this case, it doesn't hurt to throw your name in the hat.

[Pelado]

best thing about pope as it relates to these transfers is that he takes his swings. he missed a lot, but when you take a lot of shots, you will hit a few. in this case, it doesn't hurt to throw your name in the hat.

I was pretty surprised at how many transfers had BYU in their top 5. He's doing something right.

[smokymountainrain]

I was pretty surprised at how many transfers had BYU in their top 5. He's doing something right.

absolutely.

[BigPiney]

https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/...50147436.LBH8E

I like it

[myboynoah]

Should we be concerned?

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[Joe Public]

No.

[myboynoah]

Whew

[Omaha 680]

My outsider impression is that Pope genuinely loves being at BYU and would be fine spending the rest of his career here. However, John Calipari's total compensation package was $8.5 million this year at Kentucky. Anyone know how much Pope is currently making?

[byufan4ever]

https://www.heartlandcollegesports.c...est-of-big-12/

Per the above link:

SALARIES OF BIG 12 BASKETBALL COACHES (as of April 2023):


1.) Kansas – Bill Self – 5.725 million

2.) West Virginia – Bob Huggins – 4.15 million

3.) TCU – Jamie Dixon – 3.5 million

4.) Baylor – Scott Drew – 3.350 million

5.) Houston – Kelvin Sampson – 3 million

6.) Oklahoma State – Mike Boynton – 3 million

7.) Texas – Rodney Terry – 3 million

8) Texas Tech – Grant McCasland – 3 million

9.) Oklahoma – Porter Moser – 2.8 million

10.) Iowa State – T.J. Otzelberger – 2.5 million

11.) Cincinnati – Wes Miller – 2.5 million

12.) Kansas State – Jerome Tang – 2.1 million

13.) UCF – Johnny Dawkins – 1.1 million

BYU – Mark Pope -not disclosed

Pope was making $1.275M at UVU so it's gotta be at least 1.5X that I would think. I want to say that the rumors when Pope was initially hired is that the salary was $1M and there was a booster or some group that matches that amount, so about $2M. He's since signed an extension and bonuses and yearly escalations could have him a bit higher now.

[myboynoah]

The question IMO is how much Kentucky might want Pope (if UK comes hiring, Pope is gone). I doubt Pope's at the top of the list, but he's gotta be on the list. Our early exit from the tourny didn't help his list position.

[Clark Addison]

I am 97% sure Pope would go to UK in a second if offered.

if we had made a run to the final 4, he probably would have had a decent chance at the job, probably one of the top 3 or 4 candidates and maybe a 20%-30% of getting. Now, with zero tournament wins in his career (sad face), I think his chances are likely very low.

I was actually happy to see the news this morning. I’d like to see UK lock up a coach now so the position isn’t available if we happen to have a couple of big years in a row (I can dream).

[myboynoah]

I am 97% sure Pope would go to UK in a second if offered.

if we had made a run to the final 4, he probably would have had a decent chance at the job, probably one of the top 3 or 4 candidates and maybe a 20%-30% of getting. Now, with zero tournament wins in his career (sad face), I think his chances are likely very low.

I was actually happy to see the news this morning. I’d like to see UK lock up a coach now so the position isn’t available if we happen to have a couple of big years in a row (I can dream).

Same

[YOhio]

Looks like Anthony Grant is heading to Lexington. Thanks, Dayton!