Virginia Cavaliers basketball

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: Ron Sanchez (2009-18, 2023-)
  • Assoc. HC: Jason Williford (2009-)
  • Asst: Orlando Vandross (2015-)
  • Asst: Johnny Carpenter (2015-)
  • Asst: Isaiah Wilkins (2023-)
  • Scouting: Brad Soderberg (2015-)
  • DPD: Larry Mangino (2016-)

Post-Season:

  • National Championships1  (2019)
  • Final Four Appearances:  (1981, 1984, 2019)
  • Sweet Sixteen Appearances:  10  (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1993, 1995, 2014, 2016, 2019)
  • NCAA Tournament Appearances:  26  (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, 2024)
  • NCAAT Overall Record:  35-25
  • NIT Championships(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):

Award Winners:




Virginia head coaches:

Coach Tenure Record Conf. Titles NCAA Apps. Nat. Champ
Tony Bennett 2009-Pres 364-136 6 10 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.