Retired Villanova men's basketball coach Jay Wright leaves door open for possible move to NBA

Less than a week after retiring as head coach at Villanova, Jay Wright is leaving the door open to someday coaching in the NBA.

Appearing Tuesday on ESPN's Keyshawn, JWill & Max, Wright said that he's not looking to coach right now, but said «I'd be lying» if he said he hadn't thought about coaching in the NBA.

«Not right now. That was something I always thought about,» Wright said of his NBA ambitions. «My experience with the Olympics kind of scratched that itch.… I kind of feel like I did it a little bit. And I loved coaching those guys.»

Wright was part of San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich's gold medal-winning Team USA staff, a group that also included Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr and Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka.

«Right now I definitely need a break,» Wright said Tuesday. «Right now I'm looking forward to this [special assistant] position at Villanova. But honestly, down the road, I'd be lying — I don't know what I'm going to feel like.»

Wright announced last Wednesday that he was retiring after 21 seasons as men's basketball coach at Villanova, a shocking move that came just weeks after he led the Wildcats to the Final Four.

Wright said he didn't have the same passion to continue on as Villanova's head coach, a point he reiterated Tuesday.

«I know I made the right decision, because I don't think going in to next year I'd be able to do the things I need to do to keep this program at a high level,» Wright said. «But I'm going to take this year and really throw myself into this position at Villanova, and then see what's out there. I just didn't want to be the coach at Villanova and not be 100% in.»

Wright, 60, is taking a new role as special assistant to the university's president. He had been the