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Willard joins the team after posting 335 victories across 17 seasons as a head coach and led teams to ten NCAA Tournaments across his career.
From NBC10 Philadelphia
Kevin Willard has agreed to become Villanova’s next head coach, leaving Maryland in need of a head coach after the men’s basketball program’s first trip to the Sweet 16 since 2016.
From The New York Times
Willard wanted Maryland to share its plan for revenue sharing with athletes and questioned how the Terrapins could ever be a “top tier” program as the race in college sports to outspend for players a...
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