Drew: BYU hoops hits home run with the hiring of Suns' assistant Kevin Young

By Jay Drew, Deseret News: Remember those days when the knock on BYU athletics was that the department refused to pay market value for top-flight coaches, instead relying on their affinity for the place and willingness to work for less to be a part of the faith-based school?

Well, the hiring of Phoenix Suns associate head coach Kevin Young to replace Kentucky-bound Mark Pope as the new leader of the Cougars’ Big 12 basketball program shows those days are gone.

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