Turns out hiring a new coach can lead to quick turnarounds, even in this day and age of the transfer portal and NIL money.

Turns out hiring a new coach can lead to quick turnarounds, especially in this day and age of the transfer portal and NIL.

Mark Pope has done a solid job during his first year leading the Kentucky basketball team, earning a No. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament with a team capable of ma ...

Milwaukee could be even more special come Friday. That’s when Pope’s Wildcats, the No. 3 seed in the Midwest Regional, take ...

As the NCAA Tournament bracket was revealed, BYU appeared on the screen as a six-seed. Eyes must have lit up in Lexington as many projected Kentucky to be a three-seed. This would lead to a potential ...

That matchup between the Wildcats and Trojans will be the first time Mark Pope coaches UK in an NCAA Tournament setting. Pope ...

LEXINGTON — Mark Pope isn't making quite as much as his predecessor, John Calipari is earning at Arkansas. Nor is it as much Kentucky once paid Calipari while he still led the program.

Mark Pope is in his first season as head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team. Pope's salary for the 2024-25 season is $5 million, tied for 11th most among coaches at Division I ...

New Kentucky coach Mark Pope met with Zvonimir Ivišić twice after being hired, hoping to convince him to stay with the Wildcats. Ivišić ultimately decided to transfer to Arkansas, following ...

Asked on the eve of his first SEC Tournament appearance as the Kentucky Wildcats head coach if he had any favorite memories of the event from his playing days, Mark Pope said there were “so many ...