Saturday, April 13, 2024

041324 quotes plus some University of Kentucky Men's Basketball News...

Don’t chase success.

Decide to make a

Difference

And success will find you.

- Jon Gordon

 

Aim to make a difference

In someone’s life every

Single day,

Including your own.

- Dow Zantamata

 

The way you treat people

Who are in no position to

Help you, further you or

Benefit you reveals

The true state of your

Heart

- Mandy Hale


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Mark Pope Named Head Coach

of Kentucky Men’s Basketball

 

LEXINGTON, Ky. – 04/12/2024

 

When his alma mater came calling,

Mark Pope knew there was no place

Like home.

 

Mark Pope, a captain of the

University of Kentucky’s

1996 National Championship team,

Has returned to Lexington as the

23rd head coach of Kentucky’s storied

Men’s basketball program,

 

UK Athletics Director

Mitch Barnhart announced Friday.

 

Coach Pope is a nine-year head coaching

Veteran with stops at BYU and

Utah Valley, amassing a 187-108

Career record.

 

His squads won 20 or more games

In six of the last seven seasons and

He has made six postseason appearances.

 

“Mark Pope not only brings an impressive

Record in nine years as a head coach,

But also a love of the University of Kentucky

And a complete understanding of what our

Program means to the people of our state,”

Barnhart said.

 

“As a captain on the ‘96 championship team,

Mark was a beloved and respected teammate.

As a head coach, he is highly regarded nationally

As an innovator.

 

His teams run a unique and dynamic up-tempo

Offense and they get after it on defense.

He is a strong recruiter with international ties

And a person of integrity.

 

“He fully embraces our high expectations and

Standards and I know that as our fans get

Reacquainted with Mark, they will be eager to

Join him on what promises to be an exciting ride.”

 

University of Kentucky

Athletic Director

Mitch Barnhart

Announcing the hiring of

Coach Mark Pope at U.K.

 

I don’t know that you can ever

Describe what it feels like to put

The ‘C’ on a shirt and captain a

Group of guys to a championship,

We’re gonna roll out at Rupp Arena

And we’re gonna have a spotlight

On the banners that represent this

Place. There are very few people

Who can stand on a podium and

Say they were part of that and

They captained the team and now

They’re ready to lead the ship.

 

University of Kentucky

Athletic Director

Mitch Barnhart comments on

The hiring of Coach Mark Pope as

The 23rd Men’s Basketball coach

At The University of Kentucky

 

It worked out just like I had hoped

All the big “name” coaches turned

U.K. down and the University

Decided to go with one of its own.

As a long time fan of Kentucky

Basketball (our family moved to

The bluegrass state in 1966)

I am super excited what the future

holds for Kentucky basketball!

 

Go Wildcats!!!

- Hayden Childs


 

 

 

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