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Virginia Tech Football Coaching Search 2025: Candidates, Hot Board, Names to Watch From Hokies Experts
Virginia Tech dismissed Brent Pry after a 0-3 start, including a 45-26 loss to Old Dominion, and is considering ten candidates for head coach, including interim Philip Montgomery and Shane Beamer.
- Virginia Tech fired head coach Brent Pry on Sunday after a 45-26 home loss to Old Dominion in Blacksburg, marking an end to his 16-24 tenure.
- The firing followed mounting losses and program underperformance, with Pry entering his fourth season amid a challenging landscape and an underfunded football budget.
- Athletic director Whit Babcock presented the board with a plan on August 18 urging increased investments to boost football and overall athletics resources at Virginia Tech.
- Leading coaching prospects feature Group of Five head coaches such as Alex Golesh—recognized by ESPN in 2024 as one of the 30 most influential coaches shaping college football's future—and Bob Chesney, along with seasoned assistants from Power Five programs.
- Virginia Tech aims to leverage higher funding and possibly call on former coach Frank Beamer, while acknowledging mistakes in prior hires as it embarks on a significant rebuild.
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Before Virginia Tech’s football team lost on the field, it lost in the living rooms of recruits
The Duke of Wellington, when asked about the Napoleonic wars of the early 1800s, supposedly said: “The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.” He never actually said that about the tony British boarding school he attended, but let’s not get hung up on those details. Let’s get hung up on others. For Virginia Tech fans wondering today why their football team is off to its first 0-3 start since some of them were born (and why the…
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