Villanova head coach Jay Wright has issued the following statement via Twitter regarding the vacant Philadelphia 76ers job:
Villanova Basketball Staff Update
Class of 2009 alumnus Dwayne Anderson has returned to Villanova to join its basketball coaching staff. Anderson, who played four seasons for head coach Jay Wright from 2005-09 and spent the past five years as an assistant coach at Penn State, will assume the role of Director of Basketball Operations. Mike Nardi, a former Anderson
HoopDirt.com Daily News – 1/9/18
HoopDirt.com’s Daily News from the college basketball coaching world… Kentucky associate head coach Kenny Payne is getting some strong support for the Louisville job. In a recent article by Rick Bozich on WDRB.com, former Cardinal standouts Pervis Ellison and Billy Thompson give Payne (a Louisville alum) their endorsement. Also, Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown
Jay Wright finalizes Men’s Basketball Staff at Villanova
Villanova today announced several coaching staff role changes ahead of the 2017-18 campaign. George Halcovage, who came to the Wildcats as a graduate assistant in 2008, moves from the role of Director of Basketball Operations to Assistant Coach. He joins Ashley Howard and Kyle Neptune, both of whom have served in that capacity with the
OFFICIAL: Baker Dunleavy Named Head Basketball Coach at Quinnipiac
Baker Dunleavy has been named head coach for Quinnipiac University’s men’s basketball, Director of Athletics & Recreation Greg Amodio as announced on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Dunleavy becomes the seventh head coach in Quinnipiac’s 67-year basketball history, and the third in its 19 years at the Division I level. “After a thorough search for our new men’s
BREAKING: Quinnipiac to hire Baker Dunleavy
Quinnipiac will name Baker Dunleavy as the Bobcats next head basketball coach. The move was first reported by WTNH’s John Pierson. Dunleavy is currently the associate head coach at Villanova. He is a former player at Villanova, who has worked his way up on Jay Wright’s staff from an administrative role to his current position.
Self, Massimino, and Ryan among 14 finalists for Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Kansas Head Coach Bill Self, former Villanova (and current Keiser University) head coach Rollie Massimino, and former Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan are among fourteen finalists nominated for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The Class of 2017 will be announced on Monday, April 3 at a press conference in Phoenix prior
Tuesday Starting 5 – Villanova Championship #XsOs
HoopDirt.com’s Tuesday Starting Five Presented by FastModel Sports FastModel Sports® is the creator of FastDraw® & FastScout®, the best play diagramming and report building software in basketball. FastDraw is used by all U.S. professional teams, 85% of college teams, and 6,000+ high school and youth teams. Learn more about FastDraw here. By: Gibson Pyper / HoopDirt.com Contributor The Villanova Wildcats won
Free Playbook – NCAA Tournament
The 2016 tournament has been full of great performances, blowouts, and buzzer beaters. From Wisconsin’s Buzzer Beater to beat Xavier to Villanova’s 4 out ball screen offense, our 135-page 2016 NCAA Tournament Playbook has it all. Below is just a sample of plays you will find in the 2016 NCAA Tournament Playbook. If you’re a FastDraw subscriber, click on
Wright Named 2016 Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year
Villanova University head coach Jay Wright was named the 2016 Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year by the Atlanta Tipoff Club, and in doing so, joins John Calipari (University of Massachusetts 1996, University of Memphis 2008 and University of Kentucky 2015) and Mike Krzyzewski (Duke University, 1989, 1992, 1999) as the only multi-year winners