Virginia men's basketball coach Tony Bennett will announce his retirement on Friday, the program said in a statement Thursday.
Virginia's men's basketball coach Tony Bennett will announce his retirement from the role Friday at 11 a.m. ET, the school said in a statement Thursday.Bennett coached Virginia for 15 seasons, posting a 364-136 record and helping the Cavaliers win the NCAA title in 2019.In addition to the title triumph, Bennett led the team to two ACC Tournament titles, six ACC regular-season championships and 10 NCAA tournament appearances.
The 55-year-old played as a guard at Green Bay during his college days before playing for the Charlotte Hornets from 1992-95. Prior to joining Virginia as the head coach in 2009, he held coaching roles with New Zealand's North Harbour Kings, where he had a one-year stint as a player, and Wisconsin and Washington State as an assistant.Bennett eventually became the head coach at Washington State from 2006 to 2009, going 69-33 overall and reaching the Sweet 16 in his second season.
The Wisconsin native joins a growing list of notable college coaches who have retired since 2021, such as Mike Krzyzewski, Roy Williams, Jim Boeheim and Jim Calhoun, among others.36-year-old's Etsy side hustle brings in up to $54,000 a month, takes 10 hours a week—it paid off her student loan debt
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