BYU’s Kevin Young Disappointed By Derogatory Chants At Oklahoma State
Feb 5, 2026, 9:49 AM | Updated: 1:20 pm
BYU basketball head coach Kevin Young closed out his postgame comments after Wednesday night’s 99-92 loss against Oklahoma State, expressing disappointment in chants from Oklahoma State students.
The Tulsa World’s Eric Bailey captured the original video of Young’s comments.
BYU coach Kevin Young said he heard some “F- the Mormons” chants during the #OkState game.
He wasn’t happy. pic.twitter.com/n1OVQS1K4o
— Eric Bailey (@EricBaileyTW) February 5, 2026
BYU coach Kevin Young on derogatory chants at Oklahoma State
“There was some ‘F the Mormons’ chants tonight by the student section that I heard. It’s a great win for Oklahoma State University; their fans should be proud. But it would be great if some class was in there as well,” said BYU coach Kevin Young.
“I got four small kids at home. You know, I’m a Mormon. When I go home, they’re going to ask me about it. The same way they asked me about it last year at Arizona. There’s just too much hate in the world to be saying stuff like that. We got enough problems in our world without going at people’s religion and beliefs. And like, whether it’s in vogue or not. Our whole team, we only have probably four or five guys that are Mormon on the team. I understand what we represent.”
Last season, in Kevin Young’s first year as the head coach, the BYU basketball program was on the receiving end of ‘F the Mormon’ chants at Providence College and the University of Arizona.
Young continued, “Even for a guy like AJ (Dybantsa), that stuff is unwarranted. And like I said, man, I try to talk to our guys about being examples in the world. Like, we can use basketball to really just bring people together and not tear people apart, is something we talk about a lot. It’s just disappointing.
“So, I hope someone prints that. I hope it’s in bold in someone’s publication. And maybe just try together as a society help the world move forward and not divide each other with hate and things that’s really nonsensical.”
Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark issued a statement
Big 12 Conference Commissioner Brett Yormark issued a statement in response to Kevin Young’s comments on Thursday morning.
“The Big 12 Conference is aware of and is investigating reports of inappropriate chants that occurred during last night’s BYU-Oklahoma State Men’s Basketball game. All parties have been notified. The Conference has zero tolerance for behavior of this nature and will address the matter in accordance with Big 12 sportsmanship policies.”
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