Villanova’s Jay Wright to step down as men’s basketball coach after illustrious career

Jay Wright introduced Wednesday he is “proud and excited at hand over the reins to Villanova’s subsequent head coach,” ending his illustrious tenure on the helm of the boys’s basketball program.

Wright plans on staying on the college in a special position, in response to an e-mail obtained by Fox Information Digital. Kyle Neptune, the present coach at Fordham and a former assistant beneath Wright, will take over the job as Wildcats head coach, the e-mail mentioned.

CBS Sports activities and The Athletic first reported Wright deliberate to retire.

The 60-year-old Pennsylvania native has been one of the profitable males’s basketball coaches in NCAA historical past. 

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Villanova head coach Jay Wright is upset with a name through the first half of a sport towards Ohio State within the second spherical of the NCAA event in Pittsburgh March 20, 2022. 
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He took over the job in 2001 after spending about seven seasons with Hofstra. He initially served as an assistant beneath the legendary Rollie Massimino from 1987 to 1992 and went with him to UNLV from 1992-1994 earlier than taking the Hofstra job.

At Villanova, Wright led the Wildcats to 2 NCAA championships, 5 Huge East Match championships and made 4 appearances within the Last 4, together with 2022’s, when the Wildcats misplaced to the eventual nationwide champion Kansas Jayhawks.

Villanova head coach Jay Wright yells through the first half of a sport towards Houston within the Elite Eight of the NCAA event March 26, 2022, in San Antonio.
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Wright is 642-282 general and was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame in 2021. He was an assistant coach for Staff USA over the summer time when the Individuals received gold in Tokyo.