🏀 “I’ve got that rookie feeling.' Villanova basketball legend Jay Wright has turned in his coaching whistle for an analyst's microphone.
The Nova retiree is operating at a different pace — morning Bikram yoga, holidays at home with Patty, his wife of 32 years. But he hasn't vanished from public view entirely. With 520 wins over 21 seasons at Villanova, he's set to begin lending his expertise to viewers in a new gig as a broadcaster for CBS and Turner Sports.
“I knew I was fighting it," he said."I would go into a meeting with the team and I would stop myself and kick myself in the ass. Yo, let’s go. Get yourself fired up. I never, ever had to do that. Never.” He hasn't strayed too far from Villanova. Kyle Neptune, a longtime Villanova assistant who returned after one season as head coach at Fordham to succeed Wright, welcomed his mentor at practice. Stop by, any time.
Villanova’s worst seven-game start since 1991 has knocked the Wildcats out of the AP Top 25 and suddenly made the Big East feel up for grabs. It was impossible for Wright to escape at lunch the Main Line malaise some fans felt barely a month into the season. Two old college roommates interrupted Wright for both a photo request and a quick critique of the scuffling Wildcats.
“I say no,” he said. “Right now I have no interest. Right now. I just know enough about life to know that maybe it changes. I’m telling you, right now, I have no interest.”
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