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Jay Wright

American college basketball coach

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Also known as Jerold Taylor Wright, Jr.

Born: December 24, 1961
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Birthplace: Churchville
Citizenship: United States
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Occupation: basketball coach
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1.Stated in College Basketball at Sports-Reference.comRetrieved 2022-04-24
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, basketball player
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Education: Bucknell University
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, Council Rock High School North

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Jerold Taylor "Jay" Wright Jr. is an American former college basketball coach. He served as the head coach of Villanova University from 2001 until 2022. Wright led the Villanova Wildcats to six Big East Conference championships and 16 NCAA tournament appearances in 21 seasons as head coach. Under Wright, Villanova reached four Final Fours and won two national championships in 2016 and 2018.

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Sex or gender: male
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Given name: Jay
Jerold
Sport: basketball
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Member of sports team: Villanova Wildcats
Bucknell Bison men's basketball(1980–1983)
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Family name: Wright
Country for sport: United States
League: NCAA Division I men's basketball(1980–1983)
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Social media followers: 112,369(February 10, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 321488707
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Native language: English

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