Villanova men’s basketball coach Jay Wright will receive the John R. Wooden Award’s “Legends of Coaching” honor in 2018.

The “Legends of Coaching” honor recognizes coaches who exemplify Coach Wooden’s high standard of coaching success and personal integrity.

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Next year will mark the second consecutive year that a coach with Delaware County ties has won the award. This year, Notre Dame’s Muffet McGraw, who grew up in West Chester and coached at Archbishop Carroll in Radnor in the late 1970s, took home the award.

The honorees are selected based on character, success on the court, graduation rate of student-athletes in their basketball program, coaching philosophy, and identification with the goals of the John R. Wooden Award.

Wright will be recognized during the Wooden Award Weekend (April 5-7), as a part of the Los Angeles Athletic Club’s celebration of the greatest players and coaches in college basketball.

Wright is a five-time winner of the Big East Conference Coach of the Year Award, and has led Villanova to the NCAA Tournament in 12 of the last 13 seasons.

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