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Coach Ashley Howard shares his journey from growing up outside of Philadelphia to eventually being the Head Coach at Drexel from 2018 until 2022.

Ashley was recruited to Drexel and played basketball until a heart condition wouldn\'t allow him to continue his playing career, he then transitioned into a Student Assistant. In 2004 Dr. John Giannini hired him to be an Assistant Coach on his coaching staff at La Salle.

After four seasons at La Salle he returned to Drexel working under Coach Bruiser Flint - who was the Head Coach while he was a Student Assistant at Drexel. He was part of a coaching staff that led the Dragons to consecutive 20-win seasons, including a school record 29 victories in 2011-12.

From Drexel he went onto Villanova and was an integral piece of team that was two National Championships during a span of five seasons at Villanova. Each season the team advanced to the NCAA Tournament - while also winning four Big East regular season titles and three Big East Tournament championships during his time at Villanova. All together, Villanova won an incredible 92% of their games during his five seasons there (294-24).

In 2018 he was named the Head Coach at La Salle and led the Explorers, currently he\'s spearheading the "Friends of Nova" NIL collective which helps provide compensation to student-athletes at Villanova.