Daily News | Who is Kyle Neptune? Getting to know the coach who will succeed Jay Wright at Villanova.
Eight seasons as a Villanova assistant coach gave Kyle Neptune a keen perspective on the type of program Jay Wright had established and maintained. It’s an experience he drew from in developing his own program as a first-time head coach at Fordham.
Now it will be Neptune’s turn. The 37-year-old native of Brooklyn, N.Y., returns to the Main Line as Wright’s successor, a seamless transition that no one saw coming before reports began to surface Wednesday night talking of the head coach’s retirement after 21 seasons. He will be introduced as coach during a 10 a.m. news conference on Friday featuring Wright and Jackson.
“It was a completely different team, a completely different vibe. I think we had only four guys that competed and came back and they were completely different players by the time our season started. So our thought process was, we were a brand new program, a brand new staff, a lot of new players, and we wanted to kind of set our own standard and operate in a completely different way.”
“He’s more ready to be a head coach than most young guys, X- and O-wise. He’s got great character, great leadership skills. I think he’s going to be an outstanding head coach.”
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