Mark Pope, the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats basketball team, is married to Lee Anne Pope, the daughter of Lynn Archibald, a former basketball coach at the University of Utah.
Lee Anne earned a journalism degree from Brigham Young University (BYU) and worked as a personal assistant to David Letterman in New York City.
Highlights
- Mark and Lee Anne are blessed with four daughters- Ella, Avery, Layla, and Shay.
- Inspired by their parents, Ella, 23, plays basketball at Ohio University, and Avery, 20, plays tennis at BYU.
- The Pope family believes in teaching their daughters that if they want to play, it’s not the coach’s responsibility to make that happen- It’s them.
She became well-known within the BYU basketball program, where Mark had previously coached.
Many former players affectionately referred to her as the “mom of the program” because of the nurturing role she played…