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Willard met the media for the first time since becoming the head coach of the Wildcats. He talked about his exit from Maryland and much more.
From Philadelphia Inquirer
“Maybe you don’t take a giant sh-t on the front steps of the house you’ve lived in for the last three years,” Van Pelt said on his podcast.
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New Villanova coach Kevin Willard on moving on from Maryland, working the transfer portal, Jay Wright, and more
Willard met the media for the first time since becoming the head coach of the Wildcats. He talked about his exit from Maryland and much more.
Maryland basketball battling Villanova, Kevin Willard for top recruit
Once Kevin Willard left Maryland basketball for Villanova, there was a mass exodus in College Park. Both Ja'Kobi Gillespie and Rodney Rice entered the transfer portal, and so did most of the bench. But the Terrapins' lone 2025 recruit also re-opened his recruitment.
ESPN star slams Kevin Willard's Maryland exit as coach takes Villanova job
ESPN broadcaster Scott Van Pelt torched Kevin Willard for how he left the Maryland Terrapins men's basketball program to take the Villanova Wildcats' job.
Kevin Willard ripped for taking a ‘sh-t’ on Maryland as he left
Kevin Willard ’s departure from Maryland is not going over very well in some quarters. Certainly not with Maryland alum Scott Van Pelt of ESPN. “Maybe you don’t take a giant sh-t on the front steps of the house you’ve lived in for the last three years,
Villanova basketball's Kevin Willard admits he was kind of a jerk about leaving Maryland
New Villanova basketball coach Kevin Willard had a rough exit from Maryland, as it became apparent to many before the Terrapins were eliminated in the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament that he would be leaving the program.
Scott Van Pelt rips Kevin Willard for ‘taking a giant s–t’ on Maryland before bolting for Villanova
One well-known Maryland alumnus said he understood why now-former men’s basketball coach Kevin Willard left the program but still slammed the way he exited College Park.
Who me? Willard downplays criticism by unhappy Maryland as he takes Villanova job
The Villanova Wildcats are ready to move on with Maryland’s Kevin Willard as their new coach. Willard had been linked to the Villanova job throughout the NCAA Tournament, where the Terrapins earned a No.
Kevin Willard followed his heart and Jay Wright’s endorsement to Villanova
One of the deciders in the process was none other than Jay Wright, Willard’s former adversary over a decade coaching at Seton Hall. After formal conversations with university President Rev. Peter Donohue and athletic director Eric Roedl, Willard fired up the old Big East phone tree Saturday night.
Mike Sielski: Kevin Willard’s road to Villanova ticked off Maryland fans and could shake up the Big East and Big 5
Every step of Kevin Willard’s journey to Villanova from Maryland should be instructive and sobering. It should strip away any remaining sentimentality about the world of college basketball and how Villanova’s leaders view the Wildcats’ place in it.
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