Assertion from ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. on retirement of Virginia head males’s basketball coach Tony Bennett:
“Tony Bennett is, at first, an amazing one who can be one of the crucial achieved coaches within the storied historical past of ACC Basketball,” mentioned ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. “He’s a fierce competitor, however one who at all times leads with integrity, class and unwavering values. He has made an indelible affect on numerous student-athletes and developed them not solely in basketball, but in addition as younger males. He’s a legend who we’ll deeply miss having on the sidelines in addition to his every day affect within the league, the game and faculty athletics. We’re extremely grateful for all he did in making faculty basketball higher together with his steadfast dedication and dedication to the sport. We want Tony, his spouse Laurel, and their whole household all the most effective on this subsequent chapter.”
UVA Press Launch:
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Dean and Markel Households Males’s Head Basketball Coach Tony Bennett will announce his retirement after 15 seasons on the College of Virginia in a press convention at John Paul Jones Enviornment on Friday, Oct. 18 at 11 a.m.
Bennett posted a 364-136 file at Virginia, guiding the Cavaliers to the 2019 NCAA Championship, two ACC Event titles, six ACC regular-season championships and 10 NCAA match appearances. Bennett was named ACC Coach of the Yr in 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019.
The three-time Nationwide Coach of the Yr amassed a 433-169 general file in 18 seasons, together with a 69-33 mark and a pair of NCAA match appearances at Washington State from 2007-09.
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