GREENSBORO, N.C. – Virginia Tech head coach Justin Fuente is the 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year in a vote of members of the Atlantic Coast Conference Sports Media Association (ACSMA). Fuente has guided the Hokies to a 9-3 record and a berth in the Dr Pepper ACC Championship Game – their first appearance in the league title game since 2011.
Virginia Tech now has six ACC division titles, the most of any school since the Hokies joined the ACC in 2004. Virginia Tech will face Clemson at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, as the Hokies seek their fifth ACC championship.