Virginia Cavaliers basketball history
University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)
John Paul Jones Arena
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
Current head coach: Tony Bennett (2009-)
- Assoc. HC: Jason Williford (2009-)
- Asst: Orlando Vandross (2015-)
- Asst: vacant (-)
- Scouting: Brad Soderberg (2015-)
- DPD: Larry Mangino (2016-)
- DPP: Johnny Carpenter (2015-)
- Asst. AD/DBO: Ronnie Wideman (2009-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 1 (2019)
- Final Four Appearances: 3 (1981, 1984, 2019)
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 10 (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1993, 1995, 2014, 2016, 2019)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 25 (1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 35-24
- NIT Championships: 2 (1980, 1992)
- NIT Appearances: 14 (1941, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2022)
- NIT Overall Record: 19-12
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2008)
- CBI Overall Record: 2-1
Conference Titles (SoCon, ACC):
- ACC Regular Season Championships: 11 (1981, 1982, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023)
- SoCon Regular Season Championships: 1 (1922)
- ACC Tournament Championships: 3 (1976, 2014, 2018)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 3 (Ralph Sampson, 1981, 1982, 1983)
- John R. Wooden Award: 2 (Ralph Sampson, 1982, 1983)
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 3 (Ralph Sampson, 1981, 1982, 1983)
- AP Player of the Year: 3 (Ralph Sampson, 1981, 1982, 1983)
- NABC Player of the Year: 2 (Ralph Sampson, 1982, 1983)
- Sporting News Player of the Year: 1 (Ralph Sampson, 1982)
- AP All-Americans: 11 (last = Kyle Guy & De’Andre Hunter, 2019)
- ACC Player of the Year: 5 (last = Malcolm Brogdon, 2016)
Virginia head coaches:
Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
Tony Bennett | 2009-Pres | 341-125 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
Dave Leitao | 2005-09 | 63-60 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Pete Gillen | 1998-2005 | 118-93 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jeff Jones | 1990-98 | 146-104 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Terry Holland | 1974-90 | 326-173 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Bill Gibson | 1963-74 | 120-158 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Billy McCann | 1957-63 | 40-106 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Evan “Bus” Male | 1951-57 | 67-88 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gus Tebell | 1930-51 | 241-190 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Red Randall | 1929-30 | 3-12 | 0 | – | – |
Henry Lannigan | 1905-29 | 254-95 | 1 | – | – |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.