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Jerold Taylor "Jay" Wright Jr. (born December 24, 1961) is a former American college basketball coach. He served as the head coach of Villanova University from 2001 until 2022. Wright led the Villanova Wildcats to six Big East Conference championships and 16 NCAA tournament appearances in 21 seasons as head coach.
The 2021–22 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team represented Villanova University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.Led by head coach Jay Wright in his 21st and final year of coaching, the Wildcats played their home games at the Finneran Pavilion on the school's campus in the Philadelphia suburb of Villanova, Pennsylvania and Wells Fargo Center as members of the ...
Villanova has never fired a head basketball coach (men's or women's). Villanova has won more NCAA tournament games as a lower seed than any school. Villanova won what has been called the greatest college basketball game ever played, defeating Georgetown 66–64 on April 1, 1985, to win the NCAA national championship.
Jay Wright suffered two such losses in his final nine seasons as head coach of the Wildcats. That Villanova has fallen this far this quickly is an indictment of Neptune given the state of the ...
Villanova Wildcats head coach Jay Wright watches as an Ohio State Buckeyes players shoots free throws during the first half of the NCAA men's basketball game at Value City Arena in Columbus on ...
[6] [7] Neptune would serve only one season at Fordham, as he was announced as Villanova's new head coach on April 20, 2022, following Wright's retirement. [ 1 ] On December 17, 2022, Neptune became the first Villanova men's basketball coach since Jack Kraft in 1962 to win a share of the Philadelphia Big 5 basketball title in his first year as ...
The 2024–25 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team represents Villanova University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.Led by coach Kyle Neptune in his third season as a head coach, the Wildcats play their home games at the Finneran Pavilion on the school's campus in the Philadelphia suburb of Villanova, Pennsylvania and Wells Fargo Center as members of the Big East ...
This category is for men's basketball coaches at Villanova University. Pages in category "Villanova Wildcats men's basketball coaches" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.