“She’s Out Playing Golf, Living the Life I Wanted to Live”: Failing to Follow Charles Barkley’s Retirement Lifestyle, 2x NCAA Winning Coach Envies His Own Wife

Charles Barkley, after his legendary career in the NBA, continues to entertain fans with his career as an analyst on TV. Apart from working as analysts for ‘Inside the NBA’, the former Phoenix Suns star and Ernie Johnson have their own podcast where they discuss various things. The ‘Steam Room’ podcast, which is gaining attention lately, has come out with yet another episode featuring a former college basketball coach which has caught the attention of the NBA world.

The former Villanova coach sat down with the two to talk about his career before retirement, in which a particular segment of him going gaga over his wife continues to receive attention. The veteran coach also spoke about the reasons for his retirement. 

Jay Wright joined Charles Barkley and Ernie Johnson for the latest episode

Jay Wright, the former coach of the Villanova Wildcats, retired from basketball after 21 long seasons with the team. The legendary coach played a huge part in the development of Hofstra University’s basketball team after its terrible performances during the 90s. After his tenure with Hofstra, Wright continued to gain success after joining the Villanova Wildcats. 

The former coach is famous for his terrific work with the Wildcats. In 21 long seasons, Wright and his team were 520-197 along with two national championships, and four ‘Final Four’ appearances.

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Moreover, Wright also bagged eight-regular season conference titles and five conference tournament titles during his tenure with the Wildcats. However, the head coach still seems to be jealous of his wife for not being able to have as much as fun she is having.

Despite the success, Wright is jealous of his wife

Patricia Reilly, who offered tremendous support to Wright during his coaching days, had her time off to do whatever she wanted. In the interview Barkley, while talking about post-retirement life, questioned Wright, “So you have been at home every day. She sick of you yet?”

Wright, unable to control his laughter, replied, “Yo best thing is when she plays tennis like. I’m home preparing games or we go down to Florida, she’s out playing member-member golf tournaments. She’s living the life I wanted to live, man. I don’t know how I screwed this up.”

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However, this seems to be the same life Barkley is living. Since his retirement, the 1993 MVP has often spent time playing golf, which is something Jay Wright wished he could do as well. Hopefully, Wright gets to use his post-retirement time to follow a similar path as Barkley.