BROOKS IS GONE ACCORDING TO AP

[South jones]

Associate head coach, Alvin Brooks will not return to UK this coming season
he is the second that is leaving.

[Tomcats1990]

Rumors Mark Fox is gone too. We need some assistant Coaches ASAP

[TrueblueCATfan]

Rumors Mark Fox is gone too. We need some assistant Coaches ASAP

I.hope so...Didn't really like him anyway

[KentuckyWild2020]

Oh my goodness, Brooks maybe Fox gone???

That is the whole problem, who the hell is Brooks or Fox, what have they ever done to deserve a seat at Kentucky's table??

Pope needs to hire some real talent...

[South jones]

It would be interesting to know under what circumstances these coaches are leaving

[TrueblueCATfan]

Oh my goodness, Brooks maybe Fox gone???

That is the whole problem, who the hell is Brooks or Fox, what have they ever done to deserve a seat at Kentucky's table??

Pope needs to hire some real talent...

Mark Fox used to be the Head Coach at Georgia

He didnt do much there

[Cawood86]

It would be interesting to know under what circumstances these coaches are leaving

Probably because they ain't recruiting...that's the main job of an assistant....recruit

[BlueBlood]

I am also curious to what is happening behind the scenes regarding the assistant coaches stepping down and changing jobs.I haven't heard anything from Pope or Barney,we may never know why .

[WeWant9]

No issues with a staff shakeup, but hope plans are already in place to fill those roles. Portal opens soon, April 7th.

[BlueBlood]

No issues with a staff shakeup, but hope plans are already in place to fill those roles. Portal opens soon, April 7th.

That's what I hope is happening, that there is a plan in place moving forward and not taking two steps back.

[KentuckyWild2020]

Mark Fox used to be the Head Coach at Georgia

He didnt do much there

Exactly, all he has going for him is he's friends with Charles Barkley

[Pete Hogwallop]

I have zero idea if it's a good thing he's gone or not. Anyone have any idea?

[Pobilly]

Come on guys. This is the norm any more. When a season goes terribly wrong and the head coach keeps his job, there has to be changes to his staff to warrant more years. This is a move for next year and if is goes bad to get a 4th. There would be blame on staff changes at the wrong time and it causing issues with getting players here and such.

[UKHoops01]

Truthfully, I think these moves had to be made.

From my understanding, Hart was brought in specifically for his recruiting capabilities. Judging from the fact that we had ZERO recruits from the 2026 class prior to him leaving AT SEASON'S END.... and I can see why that move was necessary. The same could be said for Brooks. I was under the impression that he was Drew's lead recruiter at Baylor, but two years in and I haven't been impressed.

Fox was only brought in because he gave Pope his first opportunity in coaching while he was at Georgia. I don't think anybody expected him to be here long... actually, I thought he was "supposed" to be the GM.

Consider this: Pope only had Cody Fueger as an assistant for nearly all of the 2024 transfer portal recruiting period...and he assembled that team practically by himself! And I think we all agree that Pope's first year squad had better roster construction than this past year's team.

[Tomcats1990]

It would be interesting to know under what circumstances these coaches are leaving

Their job is to recruit they have for the most part failed miserably at that job at least by Kentucky standards.