Villanova's Harry Perretta Retiring After 2019-2020 Season

[UConnCat]

Won't coach against Geno one more time.

 

[Woof 101]

Just like Geno, took the job until something else better came along....

Villanova women's hoops coach Harry Perretta one of a kind

HARRY PERRETTA was 22 when he became the women's basketball coach at Villanova. As is almost always the case, there's a story.

www.inquirer.com

 

[pacific 44]

Geno: Hi friend,gonna have to continue whoopin' you again starting next year.
Harry:Thats what you think ol' friend.

 

[Dillon77]

Wow....42 seasons at the helm of Villanova for Harry P.! And his top assistant, Joe Mullaney, has now been there for 22 of them, in between HC stints at Providence and St. John's.

Impossible to forget Big East battles that would wage beween the Wildcats and both UConn and Notre Dame. Here's the Villanoval press release:

Harry Perretta Announces His Retirement from Coaching - Villanova University

VILLANOVA, PA. -- Villanova University head women's basketball coach Harry Perretta today announced that he will retire at the conclusion of the 2019-20 season.

villanova.com

His best player, 6'1" senior Mary Gedaka, led the team in both scoring (14.4 ppg) and rebounding (6.8 rpg) last year. She'll graduate at the end of this year, as well, so there will be a new look on the Main Line next year.

Villanova gave Notre Dame a heck of a battle in the 2017 NCAA tournament at South Bend. MM had a deja vu moment from the Big East days of yore during that game, I'm sure.

Class act. All the best....

 

[cohenzone]

Perretta is my prime example for the difference in how universities see men’s hoops and women’s hoops differently. I’m not saying it’s good or bad, just different. Harry wouldn’t have lasted 8 years as a men’s coach at Nova. Not competing on a national level, playing a style that makes it hard for his teams to compete with the better programs. Maybe his way is better, but whatever. He was probably more fun to watch than his teams.

 

[uconnell]

Love Harry, going to miss him being on the sideline at games next year.

 

[Plebe]

I can't think of Harry Perretta without thinking of a hottub in Knoxville

 

[uconnell]

Lol. I remember that picture.

 

[Biff]

I can't think of Harry Perretta without thinking of a hottub in Knoxville

Lol. I remember that picture.

That was one of my early forays into the world of photoshop humor but to this day still is one of the best.