Sources – Maryland’s Kevin Willrd is the head coach Villanova

MarylandReceived Kevin Willrd VillanovaThe offer that will become the next head coach of the program confirmed ESPN and ended more than a week of speculation.

The official announcement could come on Sunday.

Maryland has just finished one of its best seasons in the last 20 years, earned 4 seeds in the NCAA tourna Florida. Terrapins ended in a total of 27-9 and 14-6 in a large ten and was included in the top 10 in the most predictive metrics. After 1-3 Big Big, the game Maryland lost only four big games Big that opponent for the rest of the season combined nine points.

Willard spent three seasons in College Park and went 65-39 with two NCAA tournaments.

Basically broke the subtitles before the first round of the tournament game in the first round of Maryland when he basically broke the news about the athletic director Maryland Damon Evans who left Smip And he explained why he didn’t sign a new contract in the College Park.

“I have to make fundamental changes in the program,” Willard said. “That’s what I have been concentrating on right now. That’s why the agreement has not done because I want to see – I have to see how the basic changes are made. I want this program to be great. I want it to be the best in the country, I want to win the National Championship, but there are things that have to change.

“I Need to Make Sure That We Are WHERE WITH NIL, AND REV SHARE IS NOT WHERE WEN BEEN WITH NIL OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. WE’VE BEEN ONE OF THE WORST Fundamental Change Where I CAN to The Things That I Want To With My Program.

When Maryland knocked Grand Canyon and Colorado State to advance to Willard’s first Sweet 16 and the first for Terps since 2016, the head of the head coach has not changed. After Maryland’s Sweet 16 losses in Florida acknowledged on Thursday on Thursday, he did not know his next step.

“I don’t know what I’m doing,” Willard said. “I’ll be honest with you. I didn’t talk to my agent. I didn’t talk to my wife.”

In Villanov will be replaced by Willard Kyle Neptun, who could not reach the NCAA tournament in any of his three seasons responsible for wild cats. Neptune took over in 2022 after sudden retirement of the Hall of Fame Jay Wright, who led Villanova to two national championships and four last four performances.

It refers to a return to Big East for Willard, Long Island, New York, a native who spent 12 seasons as head coach in Seton Hall. He led the Pirates to the five performances of the NCAA tournaments and the share of the Big East season in 2020-when the program was on the way for its highest NCAA tournament for almost 30 years before the tournament was canceled due to pandemic.

Before taking over in Seton Hall, Willard was the head coach in Iona for three seasons and assistant coach under Rick Pitin in Louisville as Boston Celtics. Willard’s father, Ralph, had previously spent time on Pitino staff at more stops.

The reports that Willlar had received the Villan offer for the first time announced Inside Maryland Sports.