Jerold "Jay" Wright
Alma Mater:
Class of:
Hometown:
Churchville, PA
- National coach of the year by NABC and Naismith in 2006 guided Villanova to 2009 Final Four
- Won two America East Conference Tournament championships (2000 and 2001)
- Assistant coach at Rochester under Mike Neer for two seasons in 1984-85 and 1985-86, at Drexel under Eddie Burke for one season in 1986-87, at Villanova under Rollie Massimino for five seasons from 1987-88 through 1991-92, and at UNLV under Massimino for two seasons in 1992-93 and 1993-94
- Major-college career playing statistics under Charlie Woollum (6.6 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 45.1 FG%, 71.8 FT%)
- Final Top 25 Rankings (five: AP/USA)--2005 (19/13), 2006 (3/5), 2008 (NR/24), 2009 (11/4) and 2010 (9/15)
- All-Americans (three): Villanova's Randy Foye (2006), Allan Ray (2006) and Scottie Reynolds (2010).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10-18 | 5-11 | 9th | North Atlantic | DNP | ||
9-18 | 5-13 | T-7th | North Atlantic | DNP | ||
12-15 | 9-9 | 4th | DNP | |||
19-12 | 11-7 | T-3rd | DNP | |||
22-10 | 14-4 | 3rd | NIT (0-1) | |||
24-7 | 16-2 | 1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
26-5 | 16-2 | 1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
19-13 | 7-9 | 5th | Big East (East) | NIT (2-1) | ||
15-16 | 8-8 | T-3rd | Big East (East) | NIT (0-1) | ||
18-17 | 6-10 | 11th | NIT (2-1) | |||
24-8 | 11-5 | T-3rd | NCAA (2-1) | |||
28-5 | 14-2 | T-1st | NCAA (3-1) | |||
22-11 | 9-7 | 7th | NCAA (0-1) | |||
22-13 | 9-9 | T-8th | NCAA (2-1) | |||
30-8 | 13-5 | 4th | NCAA (4-1) | |||
25-8 | 13-5 | T-2nd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
- 16-Year Coaching Record: 325-184 (.630) overall
- 122-85 (.589) in seven years at Hofstra
- 203-99 (.672) in first nine years at Villanova
- 76-50 (.603) in North Atlantic/America East Conference
- 90-60 (.600) in Big East Conference
- 9-5 (.643) in NAC/AEC Tournament
- 8-9 (.471) in Big East Tournament
- 12-8 (.600) in NCAA Tournament
- 4-4 (.500) in NIT