Willard has been connected to the Villanova coaching search for weeks so this doesn't come as much of a surprise. The 49-year-old just finished his best season at Maryland, in which the Terrapins went 27-9 and reached the Sweet 16 in the 2025 NCAA tournament. That followed his first two seasons, which would generously be deemed up and down.

Willard’s departure ends a saga that overshadowed the Terrapins’ recent run to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.

The No. 4 seed Maryland Terrapins saw their March Madness run end in the Sweet 16 against the No. 1 Florida Gators.  Not too long after, head coach Kevin Willard left and accepted the job at Villanova in one of the worst-kept secrets in recent memory.

Maryland's head coach, is appointed as the new head basketball coach at Villanova, tasked with advancing the team's success.

With Kevin Willard leaving Maryland to become the next men’s basketball coach at Villanova, the Terrapins have embarked on a search to fill the vacancy that opened only days after the end of a resurgent season in which they reached the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16 for the first time in nine years.

Willard emphasized when the Terps were in Seattle that he loved coaching at Maryland, but he wanted the school to improve in NIL.

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After leading his team to the first Sweet 16 appearance in ten years, Kevin Willard is leaving the University of Maryland to take the head coaching job at Villanova University.