In his latest video to Big Blue Nation, Mark Pope said Kentucky will not be hiring a GM and explained why.
“In this ever-changing, dynamic college basketball environment, everybody is trying a different solution,” Pope explained. “For us, instead of hiring a singular GM, we’ve gone with a more comprehensive general management team approach,” Pope said in his latest Twitter Q&A video. “We have four members of the team. Keegan Brown is a data analysis and roster construction expert that’s worked in both college and in the NBA. Nick Robinson is our salary cap strategy and management specialist. Kevin Sargent is our compliance officer, and he deals with all of our contracts and legal language. And Kim Shelton is our JMI liaison, and she does all of our NIL contracts and dealing with corporate sponsorships. That’s our four-person general management team.”
Based on the comments and questions Pope has been receiving, this likely isn’t the answer BBN was hoping for.
What a week Big Blue Nation!
What else do you want to know? pic.twitter.com/3w0WXwjeeU— Mark Pope (@CoachMarkPope) May 8, 2026
