Virginia males’s basketball coach Tony Bennett, who led the Cavaliers to a nationwide championship in 2019, has signed a contract extension via the top of 2029-30 season, the college introduced Thursday.
An additional yr shall be mechanically added to the top of the deal if Bennett remains to be Virginia’s coach on April 30, 2026.
“I like UVA, and it has at all times been a particular place for me and my household,” Bennett stated. “I am grateful for the chance to work with [athletic director] Carla Williams and [university president] Jim Ryan and to characterize the College of Virginia. My employees and I look ahead to adapting to the brand new panorama of faculty athletics. We’ll proceed to construct top-of-the-line basketball applications on and off the courtroom with out compromising the values of our college. Go Hoos!”
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Bennett has been at Virginia since 2009, when he changed Dave Leitao after three seasons at Washington State. Since taking cost in Charlottesville, Bennett has led the Cavaliers to 10 NCAA match appearances and 6 ACC regular-season championships. He was named AP Nationwide Coach of the 12 months on two events, in 2007 and 2018, and has received a pair of convention match titles.
By way of 16 seasons at Virginia, Bennett is 364-136 general.
“Tony Bennett is foundational to our efforts to compete for championships on this new mannequin of faculty athletics,” Williams stated. “He embodies every little thing necessary to the College of Virginia and Virginia athletics. It is an honor to work with him, and we’re thrilled about the way forward for males’s basketball underneath his management.”
Virginia struggled down the stretch of final season, shedding 5 of its final 9 video games earlier than falling to Colorado State within the NCAA match. However the Cavaliers have rebuilt their roster by way of the switch portal and recruiting path, including ESPN 100 ahead Jacob Cofie and potential impression transfers TJ Energy (Duke), Elijah Saunders (San Diego State), Dai Dai Ames (Kansas State) and Jalen Warley (Florida State).
