According to ESPN it's expected and a successor is already in line.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/33775177/villanova-jay-wright-retire-head-coach-kyle-neptune-take-over

Twitter is a buzz with the news that 2-Time NCAA Champ Jay Wright of Villanova is going to announce his immediate retirement. 

 

 

Fordham's coach Kyle Neptune is the successor. He worked under Wright for 10 years.

This came out of no where.  Hoping it’s nothing health related. 

22 minutes ago, sportsfan41 said:

This came out of no where.  Hoping it’s nothing health related. 

Exactly what I thought. 

This is definitely a shock, congrats to him on a great career! 

Jay Wright obviously though must have  heard that coach Cal plans on stepping down after the 2022-2023 season no matter how the season goes for UK. So Jay Wright just wants to take a year off to recharge the batteries, before jumping into the stressful pressure cooker job of being the UK basketball coach. 
 

 

8 hours ago, futurecoach said:

This is definitely a shock, congrats to him on a great career! 

Jay Wright obviously though must have  heard that coach Cal plans on stepping down after the 2022-2023 season no matter how the season goes for UK. So Jay Wright just wants to take a year off to recharge the batteries, before jumping into the stressful pressure cooker job of being the UK basketball coach. 
 

 

As much as I wouldn't mind Jay Wright as head coach.  He would be 61 going into the gig.  And I know you aren't being 100% serious.  But what I'm getting at, is I would hope UK's next coach is proven, but not old enough that they're already in the Hall of Fame for coaching. 

 

Any ways. Congrats to coach Wright, his teams were always fun to watch in my opinion. 

Would love to see him on the bench at Rupp Arena!!

Jay Wright and what he accomplished at Villanova was great for college basketball.

No year long sendoff or documentary to commemorate his final season? ?

In 2016 Jay Wright re-wrote his narrative by breaking through and winning a national title. He was at risk as being known as one of the all time choke artist in NCAA history, but he delivered the goods... then again a couple years later. Good for him and wish him all the best in retirement. Or on the Lakers bench ? In all seriousness, he seems like a genuinely good guy and I suspect we will be seeing him the next few years in an analyst role.

15 minutes ago, bugatti said:

No year long sendoff or documentary to commemorate his final season? ?

In 2016 Jay Wright re-wrote his narrative by breaking through and winning a national title. He was at risk as being known as one of the all time choke artist in NCAA history, but he delivered the goods... then again a couple years later. Good for him and wish him all the best in retirement. Or on the Lakers bench ? In all seriousness, he seems like a genuinely good guy and I suspect we will be seeing him the next few years in an analyst role.

So basically his first 14 years at Villanova, many UK fans probably would have been talking about how he simply can’t coach especially when it matters, and that someone else would be better. Then magically by year 15 he learned how to become a good coach after not being a good coach for his first 14 years. 

I don't think it's as surprising as many others. The landscape is changing, he's made his money, and he's still plenty young enough to enjoy the fruits of his labor over the last 30 years. 

22 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

I don't think it's as surprising as many others. The landscape is changing, he's made his money, and he's still plenty young enough to enjoy the fruits of his labor over the last 30 years. 

The surprising part is how under the radar it was.

2 hours ago, TheDeuce said:

I don't think it's as surprising as many others. The landscape is changing, he's made his money, and he's still plenty young enough to enjoy the fruits of his labor over the last 30 years. 

I would think it would be worth it just to no longer have to do recruiting trips.