Jay Wright had four core values at Villanova. But the real key was how he implemented them

Peak newsletter | A version of this story first appeared in The Athletic’s weekly newsletter covering the mental side of sports. Sign up here to receive the Peak newsletter directly in your inbox.Sometimes, core values arise out of necessity.Before Jay Wright won two national championships and made four Final Fours at Villanova, he was a 30-something first-time head coach at Hofstra. Wright took over a basketball program in 1994 that had won just nine games in each of the previous two seasons, and his early years weren’t much better: He won 10 games his first season, nine in his second and 12 in Year 3.Advertisement