Kyle Neptune (born January 21, 1985) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team.[1][2]
![]() Neptune in 2020 | |
Current position | |
---|---|
Title | Head coach |
Team | Villanova |
Conference | Big East |
Record | 0–0 (–) |
Biographical details | |
Born | (1985-01-21) January 21, 1985 (age 37) Brooklyn, New York |
Playing career | |
2003–2007 | Lehigh |
2007–2008 | Šiauliai |
2007–2008 | San Germán |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2010–2013 | Niagara (assistant) |
2013–2021 | Villanova (assistant) |
2021–2022 | Fordham |
2022–present | Villanova |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
2008–2010 | Villanova (video coordinator) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 16–16 (.500) |
Neptune attended Brooklyn Friends School, and was a member of the school's 2003 State Championship team, recording a school record in points with 1,650.[2] He would play collegiately at Lehigh under Billy Taylor where he was a member of the Mountain Hawks' 2004 NCAA tournament team.[3][4]
Neptune's coaching career began in 2008 as a video coordinator under Jay Wright at Villanova and was on staff for the Wildcats' 2009 Final Four appearance.[5] In 2010, he joined Joe Mihalich's staff at Niagara for three seasons before returning to Villanova as an assistant coach for eight seasons.[2] During his time as an assistant coach, the Wildcats earned five Big East men's basketball tournament titles, as well as two national championships in 2016 and 2018.[5]
On March 30, 2021, Neptune was named the head coach at Fordham, replacing Jeff Neubauer.[6][7] Neptune would serve only one season at Fordham, as he was announced as Villanova's new head coach on April 20, 2022 following Wright's retirement.[1]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fordham Rams (Atlantic 10) (2021–2022) | |||||||||
2021–22 | Fordham | 16–16 | 8–10 | 8th | |||||
Fordham: | 16–16 (.500) | 8–10 (.444) | |||||||
Villanova Wildcats (Big East) (2022–present) | |||||||||
2022–23 | Villanova | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
Villanova: | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
Total: | 16–16 (.500) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
|
Men's basketball head coaches of the Big East Conference | |
---|---|
|
Links to related articles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|