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In less than two months since Young took over as head coach of BYU men's basketball for Mark Pope, who left for the same position at his alma mater Kentucky, the first-time collegiate head coach has been busy.
Fousseyni Traore tallied 24 points and nine rebounds to lead No. 22 BYU to an 86-73 victory over West Virginia on Saturday in Morgantown, W.Va.Richie Saunders scored 17 points, Spencer Johnson added
Burgess, 44, returns to BYU after two years on Craig Smith's staff at Utah after spending time on former BYU coach Mark Pope's staff at both BYU and Utah Valley.
Less than two weeks in, Young \u2014 who is still with the Phoenix Suns as associate head coach through the remainder of the team's time in the playoffs \u2014 has retained most of the players from Mark Pope's roster that finished fifth in the Cougars' first season in the Big 12.
Just a day after being introduced as the 19th head coach in program history, Kevin Young was headed back to Phoenix.