Mark Pope says coaching Kentucky basketball is ‘the greatest job in the world’
“I think it’s the greatest job in the world,” Pope said during an appearance on Kentucky Sports Radio Thursday. “You know, the day I forget that is the day that Mitch should move me out of here because this is just incredibly special, and it’s the greatest challenge that I’ll ever face in my life professionally. And it’s also the greatest honor to be here coaching this program. And so every day, it’s not hard to remember that — it’s really not.”
Pope admitted there are “some occasions we have a day where it’s a heavy work day,” but added, “Every day is joy.”
“We’re doing something we love and we’re doing it at the greatest institution in all of college basketball,” he said. “We’re certainly doing it in front of the greatest fan base in all of sports, I think. I do think that.”
Following Big Blue Madness on Oct. 11, the Wildcats will host the team’s annual Blue-White event on Oct. 18 at historic Memorial Coliseum. Pope said it will feature a live scrimmage among other festivities for the fan base, adding the event is “going to be pretty epic.”
“I’m excited about all the things we’re hearing that Club Blue is going to do around this,” he said. “And then, for us, we’regoing to compete. It’s going to be game speed, full intensity kind of pride and guts and blood and sweat on the floor scrimmage where our guys are trying to prove themselves
