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Virginia's Tony Bennett retiring ahead of basketball season

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Virginia men's basketball coach Tony Bennett is retiring effective immediately, the school announced Thursday.

A news conference to announce the decision is scheduled for Friday.

No reasons were given for Bennett's abrupt departure less than three weeks before the start of the season.

Bennett, 55, posted a 364-136 record at Virginia, guiding the Cavaliers to a national title in 2019, as well as two ACC tournament titles. He was named the conference's coach of the year in 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019.