Byu's male basketball coach Kevin Young has signed a new long -term contract extension with the program, the team announced Thursday.
The terms of the agreement were not revealed.
The extension occurs immediately after a Sweet 16 race in the first season of Young and the arrival of the first year student AJ Dybantsa, a potential NBA Draft selection.
Young's extension is Byu's last investment in his male basketball program.
The first season Bajo Young, who replaced Mark Pope when he went to Kentucky, was a resounding success. The Coupars were 21-10 and ended third in the classification of the regular Big 12 season with 14-6. Young was appointed finalist for the award to the national coach of the year of Joe B. Hall, awarded to the best first -year chief coach in Division I after taking the Cougars to the Sweet 16 for the third time in the history of the program.
“My family has already loved our first year in Byu, surrounded by great people, in a great university with shared values,” Young said in a statement. “I am excited to continue building a program based on trying to help young men to prepare for the NBA, win at the highest level and do it in Byu. This is an exciting moment for all the athletics of Byu with Brian Santiago recently appointed director of Athletics. I hope to continue working with Brian and I am excited to be in the blockade with his leadership.”
Young joined his success by ensuring the recruit number 1 of ESPN in class 2025, Dybantsa, who chose byu on Alabama, North Carolina and Kansas. Dybantsa is the centerpiece of recruitment class number 13 in the ESPN ranking that includes 100 Center Xavion Staton (No. 55) and Big Man Big Man Burges of four stars.
