Fordham Expected To Elevate Keith Urgo To Head Coach

After former head coach Kyle Neptune succeeded Jay Wright at Villanova last week, Fordham is expected to elevate interim head coach Keith Urgo to head coach this week.

Jon Rothstein of CBSSports.com first reported the news Monday night.

As of Tuesday morning, the school had made no official announcement, but one is expected in the next day or so.

Fordham’s search firm held interviews Monday on campus with a number of candidates including Kentucky associate to the head coach Bruiser Flint, Providence assistant coach Ivan Thomas and Norfolk State head coach Robert Jones.

A Washington, D.C. native, Urgo was the associate head coach under Neptune and previously spent 10 seasons on the staff at Penn State.

The deadline for players to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal to remain eligible for next season is May 1.

Fordham has a three-man recruiting class in point guard Will Richardson, shooting guard Angel Montas and small forward Romad Dean.

Fordham finished 16-16 and 8-10 in the Atlantic 10 during Neptune’s lone season at the school.

He took over last week for the retiring Wright, who won two NCAA championships, went to four Final Fours and won five Big East Tournament titles during his Villanova tenure dating to 2001.