Who is the best person to lead Virginia basketball following former head coach Tony Bennett's 15-year tenure with the Cavaliers?

Bennett's philosophies didn’t always align with the name, image and likeness and transfer portal era of college athletics.

One day after the University of Virginia announced the surprise news that men’s basketball head coach Tony Bennett was retiring – effective immediately – after 15 seasons at the helm, an emotional Bennett explained why.

Tony Bennett’s retirement from coaching was a major loss for the University of Virginia. It was an equally damaging loss for all of college basketball. In an era when it seems as if nothing is certain in the sport, Bennett represented everything good — a class act in every way, and a Hall of Fame coach as a bonus.

Bennett, a three-time national coach of the year who led Virginia to the 2019 national title, went 364-136 in 15 seasons with the Cavaliers.

University of Virginia basketball coach Tony Bennett is retiring just months after he signed a contract extension in June that would have kept him with the program through the 2029-30 season, the school announced on Thursday. Bennett will hold a press conference on Friday at 11 a.m. to discuss his decision.

The college basketball world was shocked this past week as Virginia coach Tony Bennett decided to retire. The real shock from this announcement came from the fa

Tony Bennett, the head coach of the University of Virginia’s men’s basketball team and a former basketball player, has decided to step down and announced his retirement. Bennett’s retirement comes after 15 seasons in which he helped UVA basketball soar to greater heights.

In any profession, there’s always going to be change. We’ve just had an enormous amount in the last couple of years,” Drew said.

We never truly knew how lucky we were to have Tony Bennett at the helm. In only a few years time, Virginia men’s basketball shifted from an afterthought to a juggernaut. Bennett consistently dominated the ACC,

Head coach Tony Bennett retired after 15 years as the head coach of the University of Virginia men’s basketball team. Bennett is a three-time recipient of the Henry Iba Award, two-time