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Revision as of 19:24, 13 March 2024
![]() Pope in 2019 | |
BYU Cougars | |
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Position | Head coach |
League | Big 12 Conference |
Personal information | |
Born | Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. | September 11, 1972
Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Newport (Bellevue, Washington) |
College |
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NBA draft | 1996: 2nd round, 52nd overall pick |
Selected by the Indiana Pacers | |
Playing career | 1997–2005 |
Position | Power forward / small forward |
Number | 43, 41 |
Coaching career | 2009–present |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1996–1997 | Anadolu Efes S.K. |
1997–1999 | Indiana Pacers |
1999 | La Crosse Bobcats |
1999–2000 | Ülkerspor |
2000–2002 | Milwaukee Bucks |
2002–2003 | New York Knicks |
2003–2005 | Denver Nuggets |
As coach: | |
2009–2010 | Georgia (assistant) |
2010–2011 | Wake Forest (assistant) |
2011–2015 | BYU (assistant) |
2015–2019 | Utah Valley |
2019–present | BYU |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career statistics | |
Points | 285 (1.9 ppg) |
Assists | 63 (0.4 apg) |
Rebound | 161 (1.7 rpg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Mark Edward Pope (born September 11, 1972) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the nineteenth and current head coach of the Brigham Young University men's basketball team. He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats, where he was part of the Wildcats' 1996 NCAA championship team, and the Washington Huskies, where he was the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year. He later played professionally in the National Basketball Association for the Indiana Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks and Denver Nuggets.
Playing career
Pope played at Newport High School in Bellevue, Washington. In college, he played two years for the Washington Huskies, and earned Pac-10 Freshman of the Year honors in 1992 after setting a freshman single-season school record with 8.1 rebounds per game. After two seasons with the Huskies, Pope transferred to the Kentucky Wildcats. After sitting out the 1993–94 season due to NCAA transfer rules, Pope appeared in every game for the Wildcats over the next two seasons, winning two SEC championships. Pope was also a team captain on the 1995–96 Wildcats team that won an NCAA championship, averaging 7.6 points in 20.3 minutes per game.
Following his college career, Pope was a second round pick for the Indiana Pacers in the 1996 NBA draft. Pope played six seasons in the NBA for the Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Denver Nuggets. His playing career ended in 2005.
Coaching career
In 2006, Pope enrolled in medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. In 2009, he left medical school and joined Mark Fox's coaching staff at the University of Georgia as director of basketball operations for the 2009–10 season. Fox was an assistant coach when both were at Washington.
The following season (2010–11), Pope moved to Wake Forest to serve as an assistant under Jeff Bzdelik.[1]
From 2011 to 2015, Pope was an assistant under Dave Rose at BYU.[2] In four years, Pope helped the Cougars to four-straight 20-win seasons and four-straight postseason appearances—including three bids to the NCAA Tournament and trip to the semifinals of the 2013 NIT.
Utah Valley (2015–2019)
In 2015, Pope was hired as head coach of the men's basketball team at Utah Valley University (UVU). In four years at UVU (2015-19), Pope’s teams made improvements each season, going from 12 wins in 2015-16 to 25 victories in 2018-19. He also led the Wolverines to three-straight postseason appearances (2017, 2018, 2019) and back-to-back 20-win seasons (2017-18, 2018-19).[3]
BYU head coach (2019–present)
On April 10, 2019, Pope was hired to replace Dave Rose as BYU's 19th men's basketball head coach, after Rose's retirement.[4]
In his first season, Pope led the Cougars to a 24-8 record, the most wins for a first-year coach in program history. He became just the second first-year BYU coach to lead his team into the top 25 and the first to end his debut season ranked. The Cougars entered the top 25 as No. 23 in the AP Poll on Feb. 17 and jumped to as high as No. 14.
In league play, Pope guided the Cougars to a record of 13-3, second in the West Coast Conference (WCC). The 13 wins – which included a 91-78 victory over No. 2 Gonzaga in the Marriott Center – were a tie for the most by BYU during their time in the WCC. Gonzaga was the highest-ranked team BYU has defeated in the history of the Marriott Center. The Cougars finished the regular season on a nine-game win streak, the team's longest win streak in WCC play.
BYU boasted one of the most efficient offenses in the nation in 2019-20, evidenced by top 5 national rankings in several statistical categories. The Cougars finished the season ranked No. 1 in 3-point field goal percentage, No. 2 in assist/turnover ratio, No. 3 in field goal percentage, No. 4 in 3-point field goals per game and No. 5 in assists per game. In addition to the national rankings, BYU set program records for 3-point field goals in a single-game, 3-point field goals in a single season and 3-point field goals per game for a season.
In addition to the team success, three players earned All-WCC First Team honors in Yoeli Childs, T.J. Haws, and Jake Toolson. Childs also earned first-team All-District honors from the USBWA and NABC and was a Senior CLASS Award second-team All-American. Haws earned a spot on the CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team and Toolson was named the WCC Newcomer of the Year.
The team was projected to be a lock for an at-large bid for the NCAA Tournament, which would have been their first berth since 2015. However, the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled the tournament and prematurely ended the successful season. BYU ended the season at No. 18 in the AP Poll and No. 16 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
Pope's early success with the Cougars continued in 2020-21. BYU finished 10-3 in WCC play. The team reached the finals of the WCC Tournament, losing to Gonzaga, 88-78, in the championship. The team received an at-large bid for the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2015. They were defeated in the first round by UCLA, 73-62.
On January 20, 2022, BYU defeated San Diego 79-71, which marked Pope's 60th career win at BYU and made him the fastest BYU head coach ever to reach that benchmark. The win also gave the Cougars a 16-4 record for the season, which was Pope's best start through 20 games as head coach.[5]
Pope and the Cougars went 24–11 in 2021–22, but only 9–6 in WCC play. They were defeated in the third round of the WCC Tournament, and received an at-large bid to the NIT. The Cougars advanced to the quarterfinals, where they were defeated by Washington State.
During 2022–23, BYU failed to reach 20 wins for the first time in Pope's tenure as head coach, going 19–15 overall and 7–9 in-conference for the Cougars' final season as a member of the WCC. The Cougars failed to reach the postseason for the first time since 2019.
On July 1, 2023, BYU became a member of the Big 12 Conference, with Pope coaching the Cougars in their first-ever season as part of a major conference in 2023–24.
Personal life
Pope and his wife, Lee Anne, a former assistant to talk show host David Letterman, have four daughters. Lee Anne is the daughter of the late Lynn Archibald, who was the head basketball coach at the University of Utah from 1983 to 1989 and was an assistant at BYU in the 1990s.[6] Pope is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Career statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
NBA
Source[7]
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1997–98 | Indiana | 28 | 0 | 6.9 | .341 | .333 | .588 | .9 | .3 | .1 | .2 | 1.4 |
1998–99 | Indiana | 4 | 0 | 6.5 | .143 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .5 |
2000–01 | Milwaukee | 63 | 45 | 15.0 | .437 | .208 | .629 | 2.3 | .6 | .3 | .4 | 2.4 |
2001–02 | Milwaukee | 45 | 12 | 9.5 | .396 | .160 | .524 | 1.6 | .4 | .2 | .2 | 1.9 |
2003–04 | Denver | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | .500 | – | .000 | .8 | .0 | .1 | .0 | .5 |
2004–05 | Denver | 9 | 0 | 3.0 | .333 | – | – | .9 | .1 | .1 | .2 | .4 |
Career | 153 | 57 | 10.7 | .401 | .179 | .573 | 1.7 | .4 | .2 | .3 | 1.9 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1998 | Indiana | 7 | 0 | 6.0 | .667 | .000 | 1.000 | .7 | .1 | .1 | .0 | 1.3 |
2001 | Milwaukee | 6 | 3 | 7.7 | .500 | .000 | – | 2.0 | .3 | .3 | .0 | 1.7 |
Career | 13 | 3 | 6.8 | .563 | .000 | 1.000 | 1.3 | .2 | .2 | .0 | 1.5 |
Head coaching record
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Utah Valley (Western Athletic Conference) (2015–2019) | |||||||||
2015–16 | Utah Valley | 12–18 | 6–8 | 5th | |||||
2016–17 | Utah Valley | 17–17 | 6–8 | 5th | CBI Semifinals | ||||
2017–18 | Utah Valley | 23–11 | 10–4 | 2nd | CBI Quarterfinals | ||||
2018–19 | Utah Valley | 25–10 | 12–4 | 2nd | CBI Quarterfinals | ||||
Utah Valley: | 77–56 (.579) | 34–24 (.586) | |||||||
BYU (West Coast Conference) (2019–2023) | |||||||||
2019–20 | BYU | 24–8 | 13–3 | 2nd | Postseason not held | ||||
2020–21 | BYU | 20–7 | 10–3 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
2021–22 | BYU | 24–11 | 9–6 | 5th | NIT Quarterfinals | ||||
2022–23 | BYU | 19–15 | 7–9 | T–5th | |||||
BYU (Big 12 Conference) (2023–present) | |||||||||
2023–24 | BYU | 23–9 | 10–8 | T–5th | |||||
BYU: | 110–50 (.688) | 49–29 (.628) | |||||||
Total: | 187–106 (.638) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ Tucker, Tim (April 17, 2010). "UGA's Pope Headed to Wake Forest as Assistant Coach". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
- ^ Call, Jeff (April 17, 2010). "Dave Rose hires Mark Pope to replace Dave Rice". Deseret News. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
- ^ "Mark Pope: Head Men's Basketball Coach". byucougars.com. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
- ^ "Mark Pope Hired as Next BYU Basketball Coach". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
- ^ "BYU's Mark Pope Makes Hilarious Reference to Viral TikTok Phrase". January 21, 2022.
- ^ Call, Jeff (May 27, 2011). "Mark Pope brings different type of hoops experience". DeseretNews.com. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
- ^ "Mark Pope". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
External links
- Mark Pope Official BYU Bio
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- 1972 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- American men's basketball players
- Anadolu Efes S.K. players
- Basketball coaches from Nebraska
- Basketball coaches from Washington (state)
- Basketball players from Omaha, Nebraska
- Basketball players from Washington (state)
- BYU Cougars men's basketball coaches
- Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons alumni
- Denver Nuggets players
- Indiana Pacers draft picks
- Indiana Pacers players
- Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball players
- Latter Day Saints from Washington (state)
- Milwaukee Bucks players
- Power forwards
- Small forwards
- Ülker G.S.K. basketball players
- Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball coaches
- Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball coaches
- Washington Huskies men's basketball players