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BYU signs basketball coach Kevin Young to new contract

By Associated Press - | Jun 5, 2025

Benjamin B. Braun, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP

BYU head coach Kevin Young gestures from the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against North Carolina State, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, in San Diego.

PROVO — BYU has signed men’s basketball coach Kevin Young to a long-term contract extension following the program’s first run to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 in 14 years.

Terms of the deal announced Thursday were not released, with the school saying only that the contract would keep Young in Provo for the “foreseeable future.”

“My family and I have loved our first year at BYU, being surrounded by great people, at a great university with shared values,” Young said in a statement. “I’m excited to continue to build a program based on trying to help young men prepare for the NBA, win at the highest level and do it at BYU.”

Young was hired last year after coach Mark Pope left to become Kentucky’s head coach.

The Cougars had a superb first season under Young, finishing 26-10 and 14-6 in Big 12 play. BYU beat VCU and Wisconsin in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, earning its first trip to the Sweet 16 since 2011 and third overall.

Young also had huge success on the recruiting trail, adding highly touted recruit A.J. Dybantsa, projected as the possible No. 1 pick in the NBA draft once he’s eligible. Young has an extensive coaching career, including a stint as a Phoenix Suns assistant from 2020-24.

BYU adds games with Wisconsin, Clemson

Life as an expected top-10 team continued to take shape this week for BYU men’s basketball with the additions of Wisconsin and Clemson to the nonconference schedule.

Wisconsin is set to visit the Delta Center in Salt Lake City and meet the Cougars on Nov. 21. The game is a quick rematch eight months after BYU defeated Wisconsin 91-89 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. BYU is 1-2 all-time against Wisconsin.

BYU will also take on Clemson on Dec. 9 at Madison Square Garden in New York City as the undercard to the nightcap matchup between Florida and UConn. Clemson leads the all-time series 2-0.

BYU also has games scheduled with UConn and Villanova.

Standard-Examiner sports editor Brett Hein contributed to this story.

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