Father of five-star recruit shares how Mark Pope is revolutionizing recruiting

Mark Pope became a fan-favorite instantly when his first year began at Kentucky last season. The head coach put together a pretty good resume in year one, and off the court, his work in recruiting really showed. Pope and his staff have been working extremely hard on the recruiting trail, and now, having a good amount of time to build relationships with those in future classes, his work ethic is getting across to recruits.

With fall visits ramping up for the Wildcats, the culture Pope is pitching to his players and recruits is becoming even more important to get across. That's exactly what the staff did last weekend when they hosted top five prospect Caleb Holt on an official visit. Holt and his family were able to see the facilities and set in on practice, as well as some other stuff, but the Holt's seem very impressed by Pope's coaching and the way he approaches his players.

The five-star guard's father talked about that in an interview with Kentucky Wildcats on SiI following the recent visit.

"I see a guy that's just really immersed into the details and really wants to teach and wants his players to get better. ...I see it as he really wants them to get better and he kind of sees things that he can correct or instruct to help them get better. ...He seems to really love the game and be really passionate about it and passionate about teaching the game."

Holt's father also discussed what he loved seeing from the way Pope coaches in practice, as well as their pitch to Caleb in terms of how he could fit in their system.