Virginia MBB coach resigns abruptly, not health related. Hints he doesn't like the direction of college athletics!

[NT80]

Virginia won the National Title in 2019.  They also faced UNT in 2022 in the NIT in Denton, winning in OT 71-69.

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"Despite leading the program to unprecedented success during his time in Charlottesville, Bennett also bemoaned the direction of college athletics.

During an interview with ESPN at ACC media day last week, he was asked why there was a perception that he could be the next Jay Wright and abruptly retire while still in his prime.

"I gotta call Jay Wright and see what he says, right?" Bennett said. "I always have said, when you're doing this, you're in this profession, whether you agree how it's going or not, you have to be true to yourself and really look at it and say, who am I? Can I operate how I want, and can it be successful enough? And you get to choose if you want to be a part of it or not.

"And when you feel it's time, like Jay did, like Coach K, maybe Saban, it's their choice. And you can sit here and complain and gripe. Or you have a decision to make. Either you try to do it in your way or you get to make that decision. So I think Jay Wright probably foresaw where this is going. ... It'll be better whenever there's regulations. Is that three to five years away? Who knows? But if it's not -- those are decisions that every man has to make when it's his time."

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/41852970/virginia-tony-bennett-retiring-ahead-basketball-season

 

Edited 15 hours ago by NT80

[CMJ]

Honestly, even though he was a bit older I think it's why Roy Williams also retired a few years ago.

[GBarksdale]

This was a shock here in VA.  But good for him.