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Mark Pope

Mark Pope
Utah Valley Wolverines
Position Head coach
League Western Athletic Conference
Personal information
Born (1972-09-11) September 11, 1972 (age 44)
Omaha, Nebraska
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school Newport (Bellevue, Washington)
College
NBA draft 1996 / Round: 2 / Pick: 52nd overall
Selected by the Indiana Pacers
Playing career 1997–2005
Position Power forward
Number 41, 43
Coaching career 2009–present
Career history
As player:
1996–1997 Efes Pilsen
19971999 Indiana Pacers
1999–2000 Ülkerspor
20002002 Milwaukee Bucks
20032005 Denver Nuggets
As coach:
2009–2010 Georgia (assistant)
2010–2011 Wake Forest (assistant)
2011–2015 BYU (assistant)
2015–present Utah Valley
Career highlights and awards
Career statistics
Points 285
Assists 63
Rebound 161

Mark Edward Pope (born September 11, 1972) is an American basketball coach and is the head coach for Utah Valley University. A former college and professional player, he played for the national championship Kentucky Wildcats and later the Indiana Pacers, the Milwaukee Bucks and the Denver Nuggets of the NBA.

Pope was a high school star at Newport High School in Bellevue, WA and played two years at the University of Washington. He earned Pac-10 Freshman of the Year honors in 1992 after setting a UW freshman single-season record with 8.1 rebounds per game. He transferred to the University of Kentucky and was a member of Kentucky's 1996 NCAA Men's Basketball Champion team. Pope was a second round pick of the Pacers in the 1996 NBA Draft. The last year of his career was the 2004-05 season as he was cut in training camp with the Nuggets the following season.

Pope enrolled in medical school in 2006 at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. In 2009, he left medical school and joined the staff of Mark Fox at the University of Georgia. Fox was an assistant coach when both were at the University of Washington. The following season (2010–11), Pope moved to Wake Forest University to serve as an assistant under Jeff Bzdelik.


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