And that comes after Nardi struggled mightily in his rookie season with the Marlins just one year earlier — to the tune of a 9.82 ERA over 14 2/3 innings over 13 relief appearances.

Nardi’s time learning under Wright began in 2003, when he got to Villanova as a 6-foot-2 point guard out of Linden, New Jersey. Prior to that, he was recruited by Hurley as an underclassman at ...

Mike Nardi joins UConn’s men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach after spending a majority of his coaching career learning from Jay Wright at Villanova.

Mike Nardi stood by the bench as an assistant coach when Villanova lost to UConn in the Big East quarterfinals. Just two days later, he found himself courtside in place of Kyle Neptune as interim ...

UConn is hiring former Villanova player and coach Mike Nardi as an assistant coach, the school announced Tuesday. Nardi, who started 122 games for Jay Wright as a Villanova player from 2003 to '07 ...

When Wright retired in 2022, Nardi was retained as an assistant for three years under Kyle Neptune. He took over as the interim head coach for VU's run at the 2025 College Basketball Crown and ...

Nardi, who most recently served as Villanova’s interim head coach at the end of the 2024-25 season, spent seven years as an assistant to both Jay Wright and Kyle Neptune and has been involved ...