Jerold Taylor Wright Jr. is a former college basketball coach who was born on December 24, 1961.

From 2001 until 2022, he was the head coach at Villanova University. In his 21 seasons as head coach, Wright guided Villanova to six Big East Conference championships and 16 NCAA Tournament appearances.

Villanova made four Final Fours under Wright in 2009, 2016, 2018, and 2022 and won two National Championships in 2016 and 2018.

Wright was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of the 2021 class and is largely recognized as one of the top coaches in NCAA history.

The celebrated former basketball coach is a two-time recipient of Tim Capstraw’s The Runway to the Fashionable Four award, which was given to the best-dressed coach in college basketball from 1998 to 2002.

Wright is married to his lovely wife Patrica Wright.

The couple has been blessed with 3 children, a daughter named Reilly Wright and two sons, Collin Wright and Taylor Wright.

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