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Virginia males’s basketball coach Tony Bennett has agreed to a contract extension via the 2029-30 faculty basketball season, the staff announced Thursday.
If Bennett remains to be with the Cavaliers on April 30, 2026, his contract could have an computerized one-year rollover that may prolong him via April 30, 2031.
Bennett has been with Virginia for the reason that 2009-10 season and led the Cavaliers to their solely NCAA championship in 2019.
“Tony Bennett is foundational to our efforts to compete for championships on this new mannequin of faculty athletics,” Virginia Director of Athletics Carla Williams stated. “He embodies every 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.”
Bennett and Virginia have struggled lately since their championship run in 2019, however his sustained success provides the Cavaliers hope that he can flip issues round quickly.
From the 2013-14 season to the 2020-21 season, Bennett led Virginia to seven straight NCAA event appearances, reaching the Candy Sixteen or higher 3 times throughout that stretch. He has additionally achieved two ACC Match titles and 6 ACC regular-season championships and has been the convention’s Coach of the Yr 4 occasions throughout his tenure.
“I really 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 Carla Williams and Jim Ryan and to symbolize the College of Virginia. My employees and I stay up for adapting to the brand new panorama of faculty athletics. We are going to proceed to construct probably the greatest basketball packages on and off the courtroom with out compromising the values of our college. Go Hoos!”
After being eradicated within the First 4 final season, Bennett and the Cavaliers are looking for extra success heading into the 2024-25 season. Virginia will herald Jacob Cofie, a 4-star recruit in keeping with 247Sports composite, and a handful of proficient transfers subsequent season because it appears for a greater 12 months.
