Virginia appointed Ryan Odom as the 13th head coach in the program’s history on Saturday morning.
Cavaliers learned everything about Odom 2018, when Upstart UMBC made history under his leadership by becoming the first No. 16 seed to defeat a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament by increasing Virginia.
Odom, 50, has also guided Utah State and VCU to the NCAA tournament.
Cavaliers divorced with interim coach Ron Sanchez on March 13, just a few hours after losing to Georgia Tech in the Atlantic Conference. Virginia finished with a record of 15-17.
Sanchez took over when national championship coach Tony Bennett announced his pension just three weeks before the beginning of the season.
Odom led Rams to a record of 52-21 in the last two seasons, including a 28-7 mark 2024-25. The latter team secured part of the Atlantic-10 regular season title, won the championship for conference tournament and appeared in the 2025 NCAA tournament and released an 80-71 decision to Byu in the first round on Thursday afternoon in Denver.
Odom owns a total coaching record 201-117 with Charlotte (2014-15), UMBC (2016-21), Utah State (2021-23) and VCU (2023-25).
The appointment of Odom is a kind of return, when he grew up in Charlottesville while his father, Dave, served as assistant basketball coach at Terry Holland’s staff in 1982-89. The younger Odom was a Ballboy for Cavaliers.
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