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Pope, Mark

Kentucky Viewing: Active Coaches Rank #30 of 350 Coach Score: 71.07
Career & Tournament Summary
Career record
233–134
NCAA record
3–4
NCAA win%
0.429
Appearances
4
Average round
1.8 (Round of 64)
Current NCAA streak
3 years
Deep March resume
🏆 0    FF 0
Avg ATS margin
-0.29
Most Frequent Matchups All H2H →
Bennett, Randy
Arizona St. 		4–8 12 games
Few, Mark
Gonzaga 		2–10 12 games
Golden, Todd
Florida 		5–6 11 games
Johnson, Stan
Loyola Marymount 		6–1 7 games
Jans, Chris
Mississippi St. 		3–3 6 games
Byington, Mark
Vanderbilt 		3–2 5 games
Betting Trends
All coaches →
51.4% cover rate  ·  161 games  ·  last 5 seasons
5-season decay-weighted cover rate (most recent season weighted heaviest). Spread data from 2021–22 onward. HOT/COLD requires most recent season ≥ 10 games and >5 pts from weighted avg.
Cover %
51.4%
161 games
As Favorite
50.0%
114 games
As Underdog
53.2%
47 games
Recent Season
50.0%
2025-26
Current Season
50.0%
36 games · 2025-26
Near-neutral ATS record — close to a coin flip against the spread.
Season-by-season
Season School W L Win% WAB WAP TASE Seed ATS Furthest RoundNCAA Final Four LocationF4 Location
►2026-27 Kentucky 0 0 0.000 0.00 — — — — — Detroit, MI
►2025-26 Kentucky 22 14 0.611 0.61 +5.2 +0.0 +0.14 #7 -2.39
R64
R32
S16
E8
FF
CG
R32 		Indianapolis, IN
►2024-25 Kentucky 24 12 0.667 0.67 +7.2 +2.1 +0.21 #3 +0.74
R64
R32
S16
E8
FF
CG
S16 		San Antonio, TX
►2023-24 BYU 23 11 0.676 0.68 +5.7 -0.5 -1.02 #6 +1.59
R64
R32
S16
E8
FF
CG
R64 		Phoenix, AZ
►2022-23 BYU 19 15 0.559 0.56 -1.9 -2.0 — — +0.52 No NCAA Houston, TX
►2021-22 BYU 24 11 0.686 0.69 +2.4 +1.3 — — -1.55 No NCAA New Orleans, LA
►2020-21 BYU 20 7 0.741 0.74 +5.2 +2.5 -1.02 #6 +4.83
R64
R32
S16
E8
FF
CG
R64 		Indianapolis, IN
►2019-20 BYU 24 8 0.750 0.75 +5.1 — — — — COVID Atlanta, GA
►2018-19 Utah Valley 25 10 0.714 0.71 +1.4 — — — — No NCAA Minneapolis, MN
►2017-18 Utah Valley 23 11 0.676 0.68 -1.1 — — — — No NCAA San Antonio, TX
►2016-17 Utah Valley 17 17 0.500 0.50 -7.3 — — — — No NCAA Phoenix, AZ
►2015-16 Utah Valley 12 18 0.400 0.40 -9.7 — — — — No NCAA Houston, TX
Abbreviations: R64=Round of 64, R32=Round of 32, S16=Sweet 16, E8=Elite 8, FF=Final Four, CG=Championship Game (runner-up or champion). 🏆 indicates a national title. Gold highlight = Final Four appearance or better.