Dennis Wolff
Dennis Wolff (born March 1, 1955)
Teams coached: Connecticut College Camels, Boston University Terriers
Connecticut College record^: 30-18 (.625)
Boston University record: 247-197 (.556)
Overall record^: 277-215 (.563)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (1997, 2002)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 3 (2003, 2004, 2005)
- WNIT Appearances: 1 (2016)
- America East Regular Season Champion: 5 (1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004)
- America East Tournament Champion: 2 (1997, 2002)
Awards:
- America East Coach of the Year: 3 (1997, 2003, 2004)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2016-2021 | Old Dominion (DBO) |
| 2010-2016 | Virginia Tech (women’s) |
| 2009-2010 | Virginia Tech (DBO) |
| 1994-2009 | Boston University |
| 1990-1994 | Virginia (asst) |
| 1989-1990 | SMU (asst) |
| 1985-1989 | Wake Forest (asst) |
| 1982-1985 | St. Bonaventure (asst) |
| 1980-1982 | Connecticut College |
| 1978-1980 | Trinity College (asst) |
Dennis Wolff Facts
- Dennis Wolff
- Born March 1, 1955
- Hometown: New York City, New York
- Alma Mater: University of Connecticut (BA, 1978)
- The NYC-native played two seasons at LSU under Dale Brown before transferring to UConn in 1975
- First coaching role was a two-year stint assisting at D-III Trinity College in Hartford, CT
- Spent two years as the head coach at D-III Connecticut College, going 30-18 overall
- Hired by Jim O’Brien at St. Bonaventure in 1982, spending three years as one of his assistants
- Moved on to Wake Forest in 1985, working under head coach Bob Staak for the next four seasons
- Assisted John Shumate for one year at SMU and then Jeff Jones for four seasons at Virginia
- Hired in 1994 to be the head coach at Boston University, his first D-I head coaching opportunity
- Compiled a 247-197 record in 15 seasons with the Terriers program
- Won or shared five AEast titles and went to two NCAA Tournaments and three NITs
- Let go in March 2009 after four-straight seasons without a postseason berth
- Spent the next season as director of basketball operations for Seth Greenberg at Virginia Tech
- In 2010, he accepted the position of head women’s coach for the Hokies
- Went 62-93 in five seasons, culminating with a trip to the WNIT in 2016
- Reunited with Jones in 2016, spending five years on his staff at Old Dominion as director of basketball operations
- Along with his wife, JoAnn, has one daughter and two sons
Dennis Wolff Coaching Tree
- Kieran Donohue (Old Dominion)
- Ron Jirsa (Marshall, Georgia)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the men’s NCAA Division I and Division III levels only
