Mark Pope has always been a coach who lives what he preaches. His philosophy is simple yet relentless: control what you can control, release what you cannot, and don’t waste your breath on referees or distractions. As he likes to remind his team, “there's always something great just around the corner.” That ethos has defined his first year in Lexington, and it extends into the offseason, where he is laying the foundation for the program’s next step.
Mark Pope said he did a 30-minute meeting with every one of his players every week this summer.