Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Utah Valley Wolverines head coach Mark Pope disputes an offensive foul charge during the game against the Utah Utes at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016.
PROVO — Mark Pope will usher in a new era of basketball at BYU. What will that look like?
First of all, it will be a fresh approach with new energy and a chance to re-engage the engines that have driven BYU basketball, a legendary program with a worldwide following.
After spending hours talking to people familiar with this hire, descriptions of the approach taken by BYU’s administrators with candidates interviewed to replace Dave Rose, it is evident the school wanted to distance itself from the frustrations of BYU’s last loss of the season.