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For over two decades, Jay Wright called the shots for the Villanova Wildcats. That will not be the case anymore, starting next season after Wright surprisingly announced his retirement from coaching Wednesday night. Wright is considered an all-time great in college basketball coaching and that’s clearly backed up by the accolades he’s been getting since […]

The reports on Jay Wright seriously considering retirement came as a shock to the basketball world. After all, it seemingly came out of nowhere, especially since the legendary tactician has been a stabilizing force on the sidelines for Villanova for 21 years. However, Wright has a really good reason to retire now and stop from […]

Villanova head coach Jay Wright is reportedly considering retirement, but before fans even talk about him potentially coaching in the NBA, latest information highlights that such move is unlikely. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, there has always been huge NBA interest in Wright over the past years. However, his reported plan to retire is […]

After 21 seasons as Villanova’s head coach, Jay Wright is reportedly considering stepping down and walking off into retirement, according to Shams Charania. Shams reports that Wright is discussing the decision with his family and expected to have a final answer on his future with the program in the coming days. Just in: Villanova’s Jay […]

With the Villanova Wildcats Final Four game scheduled against the Kansas Jayhawks, all eyes will be on this well-rounded two seed to perform at a high level. Ahead of the Wildcats-Jayhawks game, we’ll be making our bold Final Four predictions. As the Wildcats inch closer to their third national title since 2016, they’ll be looking […]

The Villanova Wildcats punched their ticket to the Final Four with a win over the Houston Cougars on Saturday, but it came at a cost. Guard Justin Moore suffered a right lower-leg injury in the final minute while slipping on a drive and had to be helped off the court. After the Elite Eight victory, […]

The #9 Providence Friars entered Tuesday night’s contest against the #11 Villanova Wildcats having captured their first ever Big East regular season title on Saturday night. That did not stop them from showing up on the road at Villanova. However, the Wildcats still proved that they can play with anyone in the country, outlasting the […]

The NCAA Tournament is here and there is much to talk about regarding the tourney. The talk of the town for many is the NBA draft prospects and the potential they have to rise and fall based on performance in the big dance. However, There are also some intriguing coaching prospects who could be making […]

Villanova head coach Jay Wright addressed recent rumors about being a candidate for the Philadelphia 76ers’ head coaching job after the Sixers recently fired Brett Brown. Wright has always been among the top college coaching minds and an outside candidate to make the move to the NBA. Yet the Pennsylvania native noted he won’t be […]

It didn’t take long for the Philadelphia 76ers to give former head coach Brett Brown his walking papers after the Sixers got swept by the Boston Celtics in the first round of the 2020 NBA Playoffs. Initially perceived as contenders prior to the 2019-20 campaign, the Sixers will now have to deal with a murky […]

Jay Wright isn’t going to leave Villanova to coach the New York Knicks, according to Dana O’Neil of The Athletic. An earlier Monday rumor suggested the Knicks had “strong” interested in Wright. In fact, O’Neil is reporting Wright isn’t leaving the school period for an NBA gig: Let's quash this stuff before it gets started: […]

The New York Knicks are interested in Villanova head coach Jay Wright as a candidate to take the helm, according to Adam Zagoria of Forbes. Zagoria reports “there is a strong possibility” that Wright could wind up in New York. Wright has been atop the college radar, besting others like Virginia’s Tony Bennett as the most […]

Executives around the NBA voted in a 25-man poll in hopes to find the few NCAA Division I coaches who are most likely to have a successful NBA stint. Villanova head coach Jay Wright ranked above them all, scoring only one point above Virginia’s Tony Bennett and notching six first-place votes in the poll conducted […]

Kyle Lowry wasn’t shy of confidence this postseason, and he showed it by making some big-time guarantees to his former college coach, Villanova’s Jay Wright. Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated detailed a passage in which Lowry told his college coach the Toronto Raptors would overcome adversity, first promising team president Masai Ujiri a four-game win […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich will take the reins of USA Basketball starting this year. Along with the arrival of the brilliant but blunt coach, Warriors’ Steve Kerr, Pacers’ Nate McMillan, and Villanova’s Jay Wright will also take seats in the new Team USA coaching staff. Marc Stein of The New York Times wrote […]

Villanova Wildcats head coach Jay Wright has no plans of following in the footsteps of Rick Pitino, Billy Donovan and Brad Stevens – at least for now. Having steered the Villanova Wildcats to the program’s second national title in three years just last April, it’s possible that Wright is receiving some coaching job overtures from […]

The New York Knicks have expressed interest in contacting Villanova Wildcats head coach Jay Wright to inquire about their head coaching vacancy, according to Frank Isola of The New York Daily News. The organization has reportedly reached out to the 56-year-old coach, who is fresh off winning a second championship in three seasons with the […]

The NBA’s coaching structure is bound to take a big twist over the summer, and with a bevy of draft picks and young talent to boot, the Phoenix Suns’ coaching job is one that has plenty of upside, after registering 23, 24, and 20-win seasons in the past three years. Jay Triano is expected to […]

Villanova Wildcats coach Jay Wright isn’t only one of the best dressed people in college basketball, he’s also good at his job. It is why it isn’t shocking as someone as talented as Omari Spellman would want to be with the program. According to Jay Wright, in an interview with Jon Rothstein, Omari Spellman already […]

Shortly after Villanova’s incredible National Championship victory over North Carolina, questions about the Wildcats’ head coach Jay Wright possibly making the jump to the NBA were raised. The consensus was that there would be plenty of interested parties in the association, and that it would be up to Wright if he wanted to leave the […]