Young's first season at BYU was a resounding success after replacing Mark Pope, who left for Kentucky. The Cougars went 26-10 and finished third in the Big 12 regular-season standings at 14-6.

Young came to Provo from Phoenix last year and Santiago believes he will be a candidate for an NBA job this summer. The Suns fired Mike Budenholzer in April and are still searching for a head coach.

PROVO, Utah – BYU Director of Athletics Brian Santiago announced Thursday the university and Men's Basketball Head Coach Kevin Young have agreed to an extension that will keep Young in Provo for the ...

PROVO, Utah (ABC4 Sports) – Coming off its best season in 14 years, BYU basketball head coach Kevin Young has signed a long-term contract extension that will keep him with the Cougars for “the ...

Young guided the Cougars to a 26-10 record in 2024-25 and an appearance in the Sweet 16 -- BYU's first since 2011. It also marked the Cougars' most wins in a season since 2016.

Keeping Kevin Young. Santiago, who was promoted to the top job this week, knows the urgency of holding onto the Cougars’ head coach, who remade BYU into a potential Final Four team.

Young, 43, led the Cougars to one of the better finishes in the program's era in his inaugural campaign, a 26-10 record and the first Sweet 16 appearance since 2011 (and only the third since the ...

AJ Dybantsa is undoubtedly BYU’s best player going into next season.But head coach Kevin Young may have just secured his most impactful piece. Richie Saunders, the veteran first-team all-Big 12 ...

As Kevin Young enters his second season at the helm of the BYU men’s basketball program, he’ll do so with a new member of his home team. Young and his wife Melissa are expecting their fourth ...

BYU has signed Kevin Young to a “long-term extension” the school announced Thursday. Details of the contract were not disclosed. The school leaked the news to ESPN lead NBA Insider Shams ...