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PROVO — The fun part of BYU’s next hire to lead its basketball program is weighing the drama, politics and motivations with the history, expectations and reality of the hire.
It is intriguing that among candidate names being thrown about are experienced Division I coaches Mark Pope at Utah Valley (considered by many the early front-runner) and Portland State’s Barret Peery. It is very interesting that NBA staffers like Alex Jensen of the Utah Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers assistant Kevin Young, and L.A. Lakers assistant Mark Madsen may be in the mix. Dave Rose assistant Quincy Lewis and Dixie State’s Jon Judkins are also among the names being bandied about.