Mikhail McLean hired as Kentucky basketball assistant coach
New Kentucky head basketball coach Mark Pope has made yet another addition to his first staff in Lexington, bringing aboard Mikhail McLean. The school announced the addition Friday afternoon, writing in a release: “Mikhail McLean has joined the Kentucky men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach, UK head coach Mark Pope announced Friday.” McLean was most recently an assistant at Lamar University. He joined the Cardinals back in 2021 under Alvin Brooks III, who also just joined Mark Pope as an assistant coach at Kentucky. Along with McLean and Brooks, the primary staff consists of assistants ...