Provo • New BYU basketball coach Mark Pope has landed a major recruit, and he didn’t even have to fly to Africa to get the double-double machine. Yoeli Childs never left Provo.
In a surprising development, BYU’s high-scoring forward is returning to the program for his senior year after going through the NBA’s evaluation process for the second straight year. Childs had declared for the draft on March 27, the day after 14-year coach Dave Rose announced his retirement, and many believed there was no way he would return, especially after the coaching change.