Will Pope has been the Boys Basketball Head Coach at Papillion LaVista High School since 2022. Prior to that he spent 5 years as an Assistant Boys Basketball Coach at Skutt Catholic High School. Pope has over 13 years of experience coaching basketball at multiple levels. Prior to Skutt Catholic, he spent 1 year at Mount Michael HS and 2 years at Sidney HS. Before joining the high school ranks, he was the assistant coach for the Men’s Basketball program at NCAA Division II Chadron State College. Pope also has multiple years coaching football and soccer at the high school level.

Pope graduated from Doane College in 2011 where he was a member of the Men’s Basketball team.

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Have your notebook handy as you listen to this episode with Will Pope, Boys Basketball Head Coach at Papillion LaVista High School in the state of Nebraska.

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Email - will.pope@plcschools.org

Twitter - @coachwpope

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