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Will UVU assistant Chris Burgess end up on Mark Pope's staff at BYU?

August Miller, Utah Valley University Marketing & Communications

PROVO — In the 17 years that he’s been married, Utah Valley University assistant coach Chris Burgess and his wife have lived in 31 different houses.

That’s the life of a guy who played professional basketball overseas before becoming a college basketball coach.

Things took another crazy turn this week as the man for whom he’s worked the past four years, UVU head coach Mark Pope, was hired as BYU’s head coach.

" I definitely have aspirations to be a head coach someday, whether it’s at Utah Valley or some high school nearby.