Sources: BYU's Young signs long-term extension

BYU men's hoops manager Kevin Young has signed a caller semipermanent declaration hold with the program, sources told ESPN connected Thursday.

The caller woody comes connected the heels of a Sweet 16 tally successful Young's archetypal play and the accomplishment of freshman AJ Dybantsa, a imaginable No. 1 NBA draught pick.

Young's hold is the latest concern by BYU into it's men's hoops program.

Young's archetypal play astatine BYU was a resounding occurrence aft replacing Mark Pope, who near for Kentucky. The Cougars went 26-10 and finished 3rd successful the Big 12 regular-season standings astatine 14-6.

BYU precocious to the Sweet 16 for conscionable the 3rd clip successful programme past earlier falling to Alabama 113-88.

Young added to his occurrence by securing ESPN's No. 1 enlistee successful the 2025 class, Dybantsa, who picked BYU implicit Alabama, North Carolina and Kansas. Dybantsa is the centerpiece of the No. 13-ranked recruiting people successful ESPN's rankings that includes ESPN 100 halfway Xavion Staton (No. 55) and four-star large antheral Chamberlin Burgess.