Four Hundred and Ninety Five. That’s how many wins Villanova’s head coach Jay Wright has amassed in his now 23rd season as a Division I men’s college basketball coach. That means he’s just five wins away from his 500th victory, a major milestone that only 62 others coaches have achieved. And Wright isn’t just approaching the mark, he’s about to burst through it Kool-Aid Man style.
So with each win that Jay picks until he hits the big five-oh-oh (likely early next month), we’re going to take a look back at some of the key victories that got him to this point.