In perhaps the most shocking college basketball news since John Calipari left Kentucky for Arkansas, Virginia has announced that Tony Bennett will announce his immediate retirement at a press conference Friday morning.
The two-time National Coach of the Year, who led the Cavaliers to six regular-season ACC titles and the 2019 national championship, is stepping away less than three weeks before the start of the 2024-25 season, in which his squad was recently picked to finish fifth in the 18-team ACC.
It’s a stunning development for the 55-year-old coach who had been at Virginia for 15 seasons.