The coaching carousel had nearly come to a stop after a very busy off-season when Jay Wright announced his decision to retire as Villanova’s head coach.
That vacancy didn’t last long though: his former assistant Kyle Neptune, who spent a year at Fordham, will return to the Main Line.
Wright steps away with an immense reputation and clearly one of the best coaches our this era. He arguably stands up against just about anyone. And as far as we know, there’s not a whiff of controversy about his career.
Neptune, who was 16-16 in his one year at Fordham, is the third former assistant to step into some big shoes recently, following Hubert Davis at UNC and Jon Scheyer at Duke.