Virginia coach Tony Bennett scored his 327th profession triumph as the coach of the Cavaliers on Saturday, passing UVa training tale Terry Holland as the program’sall-time winningest coach Bennett ledNo 11 Virginia past ACC adversary Syracuse in a 73-66 house win to attain the mark after stopping working to overcome the bulge previously in the week in a loss to Pitt.
“I’m soaking wet and cold. It’s the first time in my career I’ve ever had a gatorade or an ice bath dumped on me. So that was exciting,” claimedBennett “I’m humbled. Coach Holland is a special man. I learned about this place because of the success he had with those great players. To be able to get that number is a reflection of all the good people I’ve been coaching for awhile.”
Holland, that was 326-173 throughout his period at UVa, led the program to its first-ever Final Four look in 1981, after that duplicated the success in 1984. Bennett, that boosted to 327-120 on Saturday, ended up being the initial coach considering that Holland to lead the college back to the Final Four, doing so in 2019 when the Cavaliers won the NCAA champion.
Bennett has actually had a riches of favorable impacts on him as a coach, constructing what has actually most likely turned into a résumé worthwhile of future Hall of Fame factor to consider that consists of Holland and also his dad, Dick Bennett, that led Wisconsin to the Final Four in 2000 and also generated a 326-227 document at Wisconsin, Green Bay and also Washington State.
The more youthful Bennett started his head training profession where his dad ended– at Washington State– and also has actually gone to UVa considering that 2009. He has actually led the program to 8 NCAA Tournament looks, 5 regular-season championship game, 2 seminar event titles and also obviously the 2019 crown. The win places him 396-153 all-time as a head coach in 17 periods.
