Talent
- Jay Wright
Hall of Fame Head Coach Jay Wright serves as a studio and game analyst for CBS Sports throughout the college basketball season. The six-time Big East Coach of the Year also serves as a studio analyst for the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship.
Wright, who won two National Championships and made four Final Four appearances with Villanova, retired from coaching in April 2022 after guiding the Wildcats to the Final Four.
Wright, who took over the Villanova program in 2001, amassed a 520-197 record (.725) in 21 seasons at the helm and is the program’s all-time wins leader. He led the Wildcats to two National Championships (2016 and 2018) and four Final Four appearances (2009, 2016, 2018 and 2022) and was honored as the Associated Press Men’s College Basketball Coach of the Decade in January 2020. He guided Villanova to eight Big East regular-season titles and five Big East tournament championships. Wright was named Big East Coach of the Year six times, Naismith National Coach of the Year twice and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021.
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