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Jay Wright - Age, Family, Bio

Basketball coach who took over at Villanova University in 2001. He led the team to national championships in 2016 and 2018.

Before Fame

He worked as an assistant coach at the University of Rochester.

Trivia

He won the Naismith College Coach of the Year award in 2006 and 2016. 

Family Life

He was born and raised in Churchville, Pennsylvania. He married Patricia Wright and he has three sons, Taylor, Eddie and Colin, and a daughter, Reilly. 

Associated With

He defeated Jamie Dixon's Pitt Panthers in the Elite 8 in 2009, earning his first ever birth in the final four.

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