It has been a busy first year away from coaching for former Villanova head coach Jay Wright. He has called games as an analyst for CBS, was a part of Sunday night’s Selection Show, and it was announced that he will be a studio analyst during the NCAA Tournament in the Atlanta studios with Ernie Johnson, Candace Parker, and Seth Davis.
Wright was a guest on The Steam Room podcast last week with Johnson and Charles Barkley and he said that he doesn’t miss coaching because he feels he got everything out of it that he could possibly could, including two National Championships:
“I really don’t miss it at all. I enjoyed every second of it. There was never a time when I thought ‘I don’t like this’. I feel like I got everything out of it and I’m enjoying this new life.”
During the interview, Johnson asked Wright if the door is open for the Naismith Hall of Famer to return to coaching and Wright said that he is at peace with the decision he has made.
“I really think I’m done. I know enough about life to know that things change. In my heart, I’m such at peace with it. I really like where I am….I just don’t have that drive to coach a team and lead a team.”
Wright did mention that there was game this year he did at Purdue where he loved the atmosphere before the game and then he looked at the face of the coaches on the other side of the court and thought that he made the right decision.
“Once in a while, you are standing on the court, you do the open before the game and they are doing the national anthem and the place right before that is rocking.
“I remember doing a game at Purdue. It was so loud we couldn’t hear in our headsets. There’s a little secondary ‘This is cool, this juice is cool’. As soon as the game starts, I look across and see the faces of the coaches, the agony. I’m so glad I’m out of this and on the other side.”
