Jay Wright Retiring?

[BackAftaThis]

This can’t be true. Who is this guy?

He was a Nova assistant from 2013-2021 before taking the Fordham job

 

[navery12]

This can’t be true. Who is this guy?

Assistant at Nova for 8 years before he took the Fordham job. Think Kimani at UConn

 

[HuskyHawk]

Seems like It’s real.

 

[auror]

Wild.

 

[whosurdaddy2720]

He’ll be coaching Duke in three years after Scheyer flames out.

Book it.

 

[Marat]

Just wow type of shocker.

 

[NowInStorrs]

Fordham coach, says in the tweet

Nova assistant for 8 years. 1 year at Fordham. Took them from 2-12 to 16-16.

 

[Scoe]

Wow this one definetly came out of left field.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Syracuse can scratch him off their list to replace Boeheim

 

[UConnSwag11]

Hopefully it’s not because of something serious behind the scenes.

Big blow to the league.

 

[kobe]

he sees the writing on the wall. has done all he can do in a mid-major league that has no upside or future.

salute to you jay wright!

 

[CallMeBruce]

Trying to make sense of this and most of the options are bad.

 

[jdb50]

Good for Jay that he is making this decision and it is not due to bad health. I am another that watches these coaches who can't possibly retire but have to keep trying to win another one. Boeheim is basically telling Cuse he is the one in control and he goes when he says he does. They really look pathetic as time goes by and they are heading to 70 yo or more.

 

[MDHuskFan]

Is it too soon to ask about Cam Whitmore?

 

[UofCT]

He was a Nova assistant from 2013-2021 before taking the Fordham job

Got it!

 

[UCDaveD]

Hearing he’s headed to Overtime Elite.

 

[huskyfan224]

Time to reach out to Nova recruits

 

[UConnSwag11]

 

[8893]

Trying to make sense of this and most of the options are bad.

Could it be that he has been doing it a long time, doesn’t need to do it any more, and wants to go out with a Final Four and Gillespie, one of his favorites he ever coached?

Kudos to him if so. I hope it’s not anything bad.

 

[superjohn]

My buddy hadn't heard of this but his response was "Lakers?" He's going to reach out to his brother in law and get the scoop.

 

[BigFanCT]

It’s the portal. Works for some, others it becomes work.

 

[UConnSwag11]

 

[UCDaveD]

I want to like Jay Wright, but he’s a dead ringer for the general counsel at my company who’s a huge d.bag, so that complicates things.

 

[UConnStats]

Hopefully all is well with he and his family and he’s only retiring to retired or to pursue an NBA job.

 

[Palatine]

Could be anything, health, family, etc. He might want to move to an easier gig like the booth. It will come out.

 

[Kitaman]

Just hope its not for health reasons.

He'll be missed, a BE dinosaur, did Rollie and Nova well.

 

[Verne]

This is shocking. There has to be more to this.

And retiring and going to coach the Lakers a month later doesn't seem like a Jay Wright move.

 

[Huskymagic]

Very bad news for Nova and the Big East conference as a whole.

This is the effect of the mercenary portal and NIL on college basketball.

This makes it easier for UCONN to dominate the Big East conference.

With Jay Wright gone, the Big East is now relegated to PAC-12 level in the best basketball conferences reality.

 

[Marat]

I imagined him coaching Nova for 20 more years. I wonder if there will be any Nova decommits and transfers?

 

[UConnStats]