Kentucky Basketball Hires New Staff for Transfer Portal

On March 24, Kentucky men's basketball coach, Mark Pope, is bolstering his support staff amid roster

shakeups. The team has reportedly tapped Keegan Brown, a former BYU staffer and current head

video coordinator for the Milwaukee Bucks G League affiliate. Word of the higher surface on March

11, though an official announcement is still pending as the season wraps up. This follows losses

from last offseason, including the director of player development and director of basketball

administration. Pope has hinted at creating a general manager role to navigate the transfer

portal better, with more additions on the horizon. The spotlight is on a new associate director

of player development position centered on data crunching and roster modeling. It closed on March 13th

and aims to sharpen their edge and player evaluations and portal decisions. Pope emphasized the

role's value for round the clock analysis, like salary cap simulations and win projections

to fuel smarter hires. The overall hiring push could stretch six weeks into spring.

Fans can look forward to these moves soon, strengthening the wildcast as they tackle upcoming

stay-or-go choices and portal activity.