Mark Pope was officially announced as the next head coach of BYU Basketball at a Wednesday afternoon press conference. Pope spent several minutes addressing media before taking questions. As most knew already, Pope is an excellent public speaker and said all of the right things to get BYU fans excited, and then some.
The press conference started with BYU Athletic Director Tom Holmoe getting up and welcoming home the Pope family (Mark, his wife Lee Ann, and their four daughters) who were seated on the front row in the BYU Broadcasting Building studio, before inviting Pope up to the microphone.