BYU names Suns’ Young coach: ‘Phenomenal fit’

• Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNApr 16, 2024, 12:35 PM ET

Phoenix Suns associate head coach Kevin Young has actually been hired as the next men’s basketball coach at Brigham Young University, the school revealed Tuesday.Terms were not revealed, however sources informed ESPN the sides were completing a long-lasting offer.”Kevin is someone we have had our eye on

for a while,”BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe stated in a declaration.”He has increased to the top of NBA assistant-coaching ranks. He has been a lead candidate for NBA head-coaching tasks and has been instrumental in establishing high-level NBA talent.”Kevin will bring a new point of view, with an

comprehensive NBA background to our program. He is a sensational fit at BYU.”Editor’s Picks 2 Associated Young– the highest-paid assistant in the NBA– had actually been a candidate for NBA head-coaching tasks in the previous two hiring cycles, but BYU landed him with a large dedication to lead the Cougars into their 2nd Huge 12 Conference season and beyond.Young replaces Mark Pope, who left for the Kentucky job after providing BYU an NCAA competition bid in its inaugural Big 12 season.Young, who was born in Salt Lake City, will continue working with the Suns in the playoffs, however will begin assembling a training personnel that’ll

instantly begin hiring for BYU.Young invested eight years training in the NBA G League– consisting of head-coaching jobs with the Utah Flash, Iowa Energy and Delaware 87ers. Young began to acquire momentum as a

head-coaching prospect a year earlier, interviewing with the Milwaukee Bucks, Toronto Raptors, Houston Rockets and Suns. Young previously talked to for head-coaching tasks with the Philadelphia 76ers, Utah Jazz and Washington Wizards.The Charlotte Hornets and Brooklyn Webs also interviewed him for jobs this spring, sources said.Young began his coaching career in 2007 as an assistant at Utah Valley University.