BYU finds its next head coach in Phoenix Suns assistant Kevin Young

Phoenix Suns acting head coach Kevin Young yells to his team during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, in Boston. Kevin Young, the longtime NBA assistant coach, will take over in Provo. He was associate head coach for the Phoenix Suns last year and just interviewed to be the head coach of the Brooklyn Nets.Young has spent the last 12 years in the league, going from the G League to becoming a head coaching candidate.

Prying him away from the NBA — where there is no NIL or year-round transfer portal — represents a big win for BYU. Now in the Big 12, the salary and the job status was enough to get an NBA coach to come down to the college level. Young is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Young was born in Salt Lake but played high school basketball in Georgia.

Athletic director Tom Holmoe considered several options during the interview process. But Young was the biggest name among them. For BYU to make a significant hire after Pope left for Kentucky was important for the trajectory of the program.Young’s first task will be putting together a roster. Several impact players — including Dallin Hall, Aly Khalifa, Richie Saunders and Jaxson Robinson — are deciding where they will play next year.

Young’s first introduction to the transfer portal will come quickly. The last time he coached at the college level was in 2008 at Oxford College in Georgia. He also briefly worked at Utah Valley before that.Park rangers search for 2 vandals who toppled ancient rocks at Lake Mead

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