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Suns' Kevin Young Named BYU HC After Mark Pope Replaces John Calipari at Kentucky

BYU has found its next men's basketball coach in Phoenix Suns assistant Kevin Young.

Young will replace Mark Pope, who departed to take the Kentucky job after John Calipari left the Wildcats for Arkansas.

According to Matt Norlander of CBS Sports, "BYU is ready to put a deal on the table worth approximately $30 million and for seven years" for its next coach.

It is quite the deal from the Cougars, although ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski noted Young was the highest-paid assistant coach in the NBA and someone who was seen as "a significant candidate" for head coaching jobs across the league in recent years.