Mark Pope, the new head coach for Kentucky basketball, has been actively shaping his coaching staff, with significant hires including Jason Hart, formerly of USC and G-League Ignite, praised as a 'great coach' and recruiter, and Cody Fueger as his first assistant. Additionally, Mark Fox, previously with Georgia and now at Georgetown, is expected to join in a Basketball Operations role. Pope's staff, which can include three recruiters as per NCAA rules, is being finalized with these strategic additions. These moves come as part of Pope's efforts to establish his first team at Kentucky, with ongoing recruitment efforts including meetings with notable transfers like Amari Williams from Drexel and Great Osobor from Utah State.
Jason Hart is really good on the recruiting trail and I am told he is very well liked in the recruiting world One coach just told me, “that’s a homerun for you guys”
I am a big fan of the Jason Hart hire as an Assistant Coach as reported by @KyleTucker_ATH. He is exactly what Pope needs Mark Fox will be very good as a Basketball Operations guy and it allows one more recruiter to be added
Kentucky's Mark Pope met with Drexel transfer Amari Williams (12.2 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 1.8 bpg) today and will meet with Utah State transfer Great Osobor (17.7 ppg, 9.0 rpg) tomorrow, source told @TheFieldOf68.
Jason Hart, the former USC assistant coach, is going to Kentucky https://t.co/77qVglKLUO
I see @KyleTucker_Ath reporting Jason Hart will come to Kentucky as an assistant If so, this is a MONSTER hire. Spent a ton of time around him at USC - he is a great coach, person and recruiter, who frankly should've been a college head coach a decade ago.
Kentucky coach Mark Pope is hiring former USC assistant and former G-League Ignite head coach Jason Hart, source told @Stadium. First reported by @KyleTucker_ATH. Hart and Tony Bland (who will be hired at Washington) were a huge part of Andy Enfield's success when he took the…
Mark Fox, the former Georgia coach who I believe is now at Georgetown, is one of the names that could be in a non-recruiting role for Kentucky You may remember Pope worked for him at Georgia
Former Kentucky basketball player Joey Hart committed to Ball State today. Check out the updated 2024-25 roster watch as we track the latest on the first team of UK's Mark Pope era. https://t.co/xRoTtlif15 via @courierjournal
Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope reportedly hires Cody Fueger as first assistant. (H/t to @KySportsRadio for being the first to report the hire.) https://t.co/IILkS6oeGO via @courierjournal
Mark Pope will have 5 people on his staff (3 can recruit per NCAA rules). I am told 3 of those positions are basically locked in at this point None can be announced by UK officially until the 7 day posting period is over. But there is now at least one Asst recruiting with Pope