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The wise owl stays home: Kentucky locks down Mark Fox with deserved raise

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Mark Fox gave Mark Pope his first ever coaching job, and now it has come full circle in year 2 at Kentucky.

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In the high-stakes world of college basketball, assistant coaches often come and go quickly. But Kentucky secured one of its most valuable pieces of stability this week by locking down associate head coach Mark Fox for another year—sweetened with a well-earned raise.

The new deal extends Fox through the 2025–26 season and boosts his salary from $200,000 to $500,000, a jump that places him among the nation’s better-compensated assistants.