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“I just asked him, Jay, would you be OK if I did take this job,” Willard said Wednesday of that phone conversation four nights earlier.
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Kevin Willard followed his heart and Jay Wright’s endorsement to Villanova
One of the deciders in the process was none other than Jay Wright, Willard’s former adversary over a decade coaching at Seton Hall. After formal conversations with university President Rev. Peter Donohue and athletic director Eric Roedl, Willard fired up the old Big East phone tree Saturday night.
Kevin Willard says he wouldn’t have taken Villanova job without Jay Wright’s blessing
SAN ANTONIO -- Before taking the Villanova job this past weekend, Kevin Willard had a phone conversation with Jay Wright from the back of Willard’s deck.
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“All I’m going to say is that Maryland just got a great coach in Buzz [Williams],” Willard said at the same time Williams was being introduced at a live press conference on campus. “I’m really happy for them, and I’m super excited to be in a great basketball conference here [in the Big East]. And I just think it’s time that everyone moved on.”
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Kevin Willard just wants everyone to 'move on' after he left Maryland for Villanova
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Kevin Willard downplays criticism by unhappy Maryland as he takes Villanova job
PHILADELPHIA — Kevin Willard deadpanned that — no, he hadn’t heard the laundry list of complaints lodged against him by Maryland fans and former players and, well, the list goes on — that he threw his program under the bus and then happily got behind the wheel to steamroll over their carcass all while the Terrapins made a run to the Sweet 16.
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Kevin Willard bolting Maryland for Villanova after ugly March Madness saga
Kevin Willard is bolting Maryland to become the Villanova head coach, according to multiple reports, after an ugly saga in which the 49-year-old openly griped about aspects of the program during the team’s March Madness run. The Terrapins, a No. 4 seed, were eliminated by No. 1 Florida in the Sweet 16 on Thursday.
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Villanova set to hire Maryland’s Kevin Willard
Villanova is set to hire Maryland head coach Kevin Willard, according to ESPN. The former Iona and Seton Hall head coach leaves the Terrapins after three seasons and returns to the Big East. Willard steps in for Kyle Neptune,
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