Things are looking decidedly cozy among two Beehive State basketball coaches.
Newly appointed BYU coach Mark Pope and Utah State’s Craig Smith crossed paths while recruiting in Arizona on June 21. Pope tweeted a side-by-side selfie, and called Smith “the great coach Smith.”
Conversely, the relationship between Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak and former BYU coach Dave Rose was strained after Krystkowiak canceled a 2016 game, citing player safety. Krystkowiak said at the time he had “no reason to believe this pattern of (dirty) behavior will change on its own.”
Speaking of patterns, the one between Pope and Smith isn’t likely to change, either, now that the coaches have become besties.