Utah Valley’s Mark Pope will replace Dave Rose as BYU’s next men’s basketball coach

Provo • Thirteen days after Dave Rose retired as BYU’s head men’s basketball coach, the Cougars have found his replacement. They didn’t have to look far.Former BYU assistant Mark Pope, Utah Valley’s head coach the past four seasons, will be introduced as BYU’s new coach at a 3 p.m. news conference at the BYU Broadcasting Building. The announcement is not a surprise. Pope, 46, has been considered the front-runner for the job since Rose stepped down on March 26.P