Meet Lee Anne Pope, Wife Of Mark Pope, Head Coach Of Kentucky Basketball Team
The basketball team of Brigham Young University is coached by Mark Pope.
Many people were interested in learning more about Mark’s wife Lee Anne after he was chosen as the new head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats.
Who is Lee Anne Pope, the spouse of Mark Pope?
Mark Pope, who coaches basketball at Brigham Young University, is married to Lee Anne Pope.
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With the players and alumni of the NCAA team, Lee Anne actively participates in preserving professional relationships.
She stated to Deseret in 2020, “Mark and I look at it as a mom-and-pop shop. My job is to love these guys. It’s really easy”
Mark further stated, “She’s so locked in with our guys. In some ways, she can see some things in them before I can see them.”
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Being the daughter of the late Lynn Archibald, the head coach of Utah and Idaho State, Lee Ann was raised in a coaching household.
How did they come to be together?
Lee Anne was David Letterman’s personal assistant in the late 1990s until Mark Pope was introduced to her by her brother, Damon Archibald.
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Telling Deseret, “When my brother met Mark, he was like, ‘I just met the male version of you.
“He’s you, but he’s a dude. And he’s going to call you for ‘Letterman’ tickets.’”
Before finally meeting up in person at an Indiana Pacers game where Mark was playing, the two had been in contact via phone and email for a few weeks.
Do Lee Anne and Mark have children?
Mark married Lee Anne in August of 1999.
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Four daughters, Ella, Avery, Layla, and Shay, have been welcomed into the family.
The oldest, Ella Pope, was an Ohio University basketball player.
