The BIG EAST Conference has announced that the 2015-16 Coach of the Year has gone to both Villanova Wildcats head coach Jay Wright AND Seton Hall Pirates coach Kevin Willard in a split vote.
— BIG EAST Conference (@BIGEAST) March 9, 2016
— BIG EAST Conference (@BIGEAST) March 9, 2016
With the honor, Wright has made some history. In a conference that has been littered with great coaches since its birth in 1979, Jay Wright is the only man to win five BIG EAST Coach of the Year awards.