Mark Pope returns to the ‘pinnacle,’ hired as new men’s basketball coach at University of Kentucky
By Keith Taylor
Kentucky Today
Kentucky turned to one of its own to coach the Wildcats.
Mark Pope, a former player and most recently head coach at Brigham Young University, was hired as men’s basketball coach Friday morning. Pope was a captain on the school’s 1996 national championship team and has been a head coach for the past nine seasons.
During his time at BYU and Utah Valley, Pope compiled...
Brigham Young’s Mark Pope appears to be choice as next men’s basketball coach at Kentucky
By Keith Taylor
Kentucky Today
Kentucky’s search for a new basketball coach took a surprising turn Thursday night with Mark Pope, a member of the Wildcats’ 1996 national championship team, expected to be named to replace John Calipari, according to multiple reports.
Pope, 51, has been coaching at BYU for the past five seasons. The Cougars have appeared in back-to-back NCAA tournaments as No. 6...
Drew, Hurley out of running for UK Job, so where does the Kentucky coaching search go from here?
By Keith Taylor
Kentucky Today
Kentucky’s search for a new basketball coach had a couple of misses on Thursday.
Scott Drew took his name out of the running first, declining the offer to coach the Wildcats and instead remain at Baylor University. Later in the day, longshot candidate Dan Hurley of two-time national champion Connecticut said he wasn’t interested either.
Making an appearance on...
Prep Sports Report: Point guard on Cooper boys basketball team confirms his transfer to Newport
By Terry Boehmker
NKyTribune sports reporter
It looks like two of the top point guards in 9th Region boys basketball this season will be teammates next season.
Yamil Rondon, a junior point guard on Cooper’s team that made it to the 9th Region final for the second consecutive year, said he has transferred to Newport and will begin taking classes there on Monday when school resumes after spring break.
Rondon...
UK’s next basketball coach may be Baylor’s Scott Drew — but the potential list is a long one
By Keith Taylor
Kentucky Today
Kentucky’s search for a new men’s basketball coach has begun and a list of candidates to replace John Calipari have already surfaced.
Baylor coach Scott Drew is reportedly the school’s top target to replace Calipari. Drew has been offered the position, a reliable source told Kentucky Today Tuesday night. A timetable for a decision isn’t known, but Drew has told...
UK coach John Calipari resigns after 15 seasons, says it’s ‘time for another voice’ to lead Wildcats
By Keith Taylor
Kentucky Today
The John Calipari era is over at Kentucky.
Calipari announced his resignation in a video posted Tuesday on social media. Calipari is expected to be named the men’s basketball coach at Arkansas later Tuesday.
“It has been a beautiful time for us,” Calipari said. “This is a dream job. It was my dream job. Anybody in our profession looks at the University of Kentucky...
Dan Weber’s Just Sayin’: Time for NKU to get women’s hoops right, and the answer’s right here
Time for women’s college basketball in Northern Kentucky – NKU specifically — to get with the times of a sport that has never been hotter as this season’s TV numbers make clear.
Not that we should have to make that point here. History is on Northern Kentucky’s side, even if it’s faded some. Fifty years ago, NKU was out front in the women’s college hoops parade, hitting the floor...
Calipari in talks with Arkansas about its coaching vacancy?; no official word but story getting traction
By Keith Taylor
Kentucky Today
Kentucky men’s basketball coach John Calipari is reportedly in “serious talks” with Arkansas about its head coaching vacancy.
According to Matt Norlander of CBS Sports, Kentucky athletics director Mitch Barnhart has yet to be informed of any possible discussions between the two parties. Eric Musselman resigned as coach of the Razorbacks to take the USC job Friday.
John...
Prep Sports Report: Basketball players from local high schools affected by coaching change at NKU
By Terry Boehmker
NKyTribune sports reporter
The recent announcement that Camryn Whitaker-Volz has agreed to step down as head coach of the Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team affects one current and two former high school players from this area.
Scott graduate Mya Meredith and Notre Dame graduate Noelle Hubert were first-year players on the Norse roster last season. Hubert was...
Kentucky Freshman Justin Edwards takes ‘significant step,’ announces he will declare for NBA Draft
By Keith Taylor
Kentucky Today
Kentucky freshman Justin Edwards plans to enter the NBA Draft.
Edwards played in 32 of 33 games and started 30, averaging 8.8 points per game. He announced his plans in a social media post on Thursday night and said this season was a dream year.
Justin Edwards started 30 of 32 games but struggled for much of the season. He announced Thursday that he would be entering...
Prep Sports Report: Pouncy is first award-winning basketball senior to announce college commitment
By Terry Boehmker
NKyTribune sports reporter
Cooper power forward Shaun Pouncy became the first award-winning senior in 9th Region boys basketball this season to announce a college commitment when he accepted a scholarship offer from Thomas More University last week.
Pouncy was voted first-team all-region by local coaches. He averaged 14.8 points and 9.0 rebounds per game and shot 68.9 percent (163...
Dan Weber’s Just Askin’: Where could NKU’s Warrick go and how many HS baseball leaders from here?
NKU’S WARRICK STIRRING LOTS OF INTERESTAfter his four years at NKU and leaving as the Norse’s all-time career scoring leader, Marques Warrick is attracting lots of top Division I attention with another year of eligibility. The 6-2 shooting guard, who averaged 19.9 points a game as a senior, has heard from the likes of Indiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Cincinnati, Xavier, North Carolina State, South...
Kentucky AD Mitch Barnhart expects further direction on NIL, transfer portal within college athletics
By Keith Taylor
Kentucky Today
Kentucky athletics director Mitch Barnhart anticipates changes within the landscape of college athletes in the near future.
Barnhart touched on the subject of name, image and likeness and expects some direction when it comes to rules and regulations regarding NIL to help bring consistency within the rules.
“Every school has approached it differently,” he said. “That’s...
Prep Sports Report: CovCath off to best start among top 10 teams in baseball coaches preseason poll
By Terry Boehmker
NKyTribune sports reporter
Covington Catholic is the only baseball team ranked among the top 10 in the Northern Kentucky preseason coaches poll that will enter the month of April with a perfect record.
Voted No. 3 in the coaches poll, the Colonels won their first eight games, including a pair of victories over No. 5 Highlands, the runner-up in last year’s 9th Region tournament.
CovCath...
Covington Parks and Rec accepting registration for five-week youth soccer program through April 11
Families have until April 11 to register their children for Covington Parks and Recreations’ Youth Soccer Program – the City’s most popular youth sports program – but don’t dally because spots are filling up fast.
The free five-week program runs from April 13 to May 18 — skipping the week of May 4 — with participating children meeting every Saturday at Austinburg Park’s FC Cincinnati...
