After a two-week search for Kyle Neptune's successor, Kevin Willard will be the next Villanova men's basketball coach.
After a two-week search for Kyle Neptune's successor, Kevin Willard will be the next Villanova men's basketball coach.is hiring Kevin Willard as its next men’s basketball coach, according to multiple reports, ending a coaching search that began when VillanovaWhat followed Neptune’s firing was two weeks of Villanova mostly keeping a tight lid while Willard engaged in aand departure from the University of Maryland.
Then, on Wednesday, Willard answered two questions about his future during his media availability by instead talking about Thursday’s opponent, Florida.All of it led to obvious speculation and easy-to-make conclusions that Willard was on his way out, and Villanova had its next coach. Maryland fans seemed resigned to Willard’s fate, or at least annoyed at his handling of his job status.
It was an awkward situation made more difficult by the NCAA’s calendar. The transfer portal opened earlier this week and the sport’s yearly free agency period is well underway while teams like Willard’s try to compete for a championship and schools like Villanova try to fill coaching vacancies. While Willard’s negotiating with Maryland played out publicly, Villanova’s search was kept mostly under wraps. What’s clear is that Villanova prioritized finding a coach with more head coaching experience than Neptune had when he was hired following Jay Wright’s retirement in 2022 after just one season at Fordham.
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