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USA Today
3 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
NC Central coach accuses Virginia Tech of tampering on team's sideline
North Carolina Central head coach Trei Oliver accused a Virginia Tech coach of tampering last season, and the Hokies are now looking into the matter. Oliver raised the accusation at a media event on July 25 when he was asked about his top "you got to be kidding me" story. The fifth-year coach said prior to the contest against Howard − the final home game of the season − he noticed a Virginia Tech staff member on his team's sideline. REQUIRED READING: Big Ten's rigged College Football Playoff plan shut down by SEC "Virginia Tech was actually on my sideline recruiting our running back," Oliver told said, according to WRAL News. The running back wasn't named, but Oliver said it was a player that ended up transferring to Virginia. J'Mari Taylor was the team's leading rusher in 2024 and is now with the Cavaliers. Oliver recalled assistant coaches were trying to calm him down about the situation but he was agitated by seeing the Virginia Tech staff member. In that game, Taylor ran for a season-high 206 yards and three touchdowns in a victory. After Oliver's comments, Virginia Tech released a statement that it reviewing the accusations. "This is the first time the issue has been brought to our attention, and no concern has previously been shared with us through any formal channel," the statement read. "Virginia Tech takes all NCAA rules seriously and is committed to conducting our program with integrity. We are reviewing the matter internally and will address any findings appropriately." After the alleged incident, Oliver was glad to see his player not end up with the Hokies, and hopes Virginia "kick Virginia Tech's butt." Taylor is expected to have a major role in Virginia's offense. The annual "Commonwealth Clash" between the Cavaliers and Hokies will take place in the 2025 season finale on Nov. 29 in Charlottesville.
Washington Post
4 days ago
- Sport
- Washington Post
Virginia Tech is reviewing claim that coach tried to lure NC Central player into transfer portal
BLACKSBURG, Va. — Virginia Tech is looking into an allegation by North Carolina Central's coach that a Hokies assistant improperly tried to lure running back J'Mari Taylor into the transfer portal last season. Virginia Tech released a statement on Saturday saying it was made aware of the allegation a day earlier.
Toronto Star
19-07-2025
- Sport
- Toronto Star
WNBA All-Star Basketball Without Borders camp is opportunity for international players to be seen
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Georgia Amoore went to an international basketball camp at the 2019 Final Four and was seen for one of the first times by Virginia Tech coaches. That led to a scholarship at the school where the Australian guard eventually led the Hokies their first Final Four in 2023. Now the Washington Mystics rookie is an instructor at a Basketball Without Borders camp, which is in its third year, that's connected to the WNBA All-Star Game this weekend.
Yahoo
03-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Virginia Tech Football: 2025 Hokies Season Preview and Prediction
Virginia Tech Football: 2025 Hokies Season Preview and Prediction originally appeared on Athlon Sports. It's now or never for coach Brent Pry, who enters Year 4 with a 16-21 record and failed to launch in 2024 despite a talented roster. Pressure is mounting to have a breakthrough at a program stuck in a decade and a half of mostly malaise. That'll be tough with a lineup that might have better depth in some spots but not nearly the star power of last year's squad. If the coordinator hires don't hit, it might mean another middling season with increased questions about Pry's job security. Advertisement [Editor's note: This article is from Athlon Sports' 2025 College Football Preview print magazine. Order your copy today online, or pick one up at retail racks and newsstands nationwide.] More ACC team previews Boston College | California | Clemson | Duke | Florida State Georgia Tech | Louisville | Miami | North Carolina | NC State Pitt | SMU | Stanford | Syracuse | Virginia | Wake Forest Virginia Tech 2025 Season Preview and Prediction Previewing Virginia Tech's Offense for 2025 It's a reset offensively for the Hokies, who welcome new coordinator Philip Montgomery. With a quarterback résumé that includes Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III at Baylor, there's hope Montgomery can get the most out of Kyron Drones, who suffered through an injury-plagued 2024, throwing for 10 touchdowns and six interceptions. Advertisement Bruising Bowling Green transfer Terion Stewart is expected to headline a rotating backfield. Ayden Greene, who had his first 100-yard effort in the Hokies' bowl game, has star potential in a wideout group that could be interesting if Donavon Greene (Wake Forest) stays healthy and Cameron Seldon (Tennessee) handles a position switch. Much rides on an overhauled offensive line that lost five starters and brought in Matt Moore as the third O-line coach in head coach Brent Pry's four years. Tomas Rimac, who came with Moore from West Virginia, anchors the group, but major strides are needed here. Hokies QB Kyron Drones | Stan Szeto-Imagn Images Previewing Virginia Tech's Defense for 2025 After three years, Pry pulled the plug on the Chris Marve experiment at defensive coordinator, hiring up-and-comer Sam Siefkes with hopes of bringing a fresh mindset. Siefkes employs all sorts of fronts and personnel, stressing an attacking approach and situational awareness. Advertisement The personnel is an odd mix of returners and transfers. The strength resides up front, where Kelvin Gilliam Jr. and Kemari Copeland hold down the interior and newcomers James Djonkam (Eastern Michigan) and Ben Bell (Texas State) bring edge pressure. Questions mount in the back seven. Linebacker has been a sore spot since Pry arrived, though Jaden Keller and Caleb Woodson, the leading returning tacklers, bring continuity. With four safety transfers and a young cornerback room, there's uncertainty aplenty in the secondary, though Tech has more depth than last year. Virginia Tech head coach Brent Pry | Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images Previewing Virginia Tech's Specialists for 2025 All-ACC punt returner Tucker Holloway is back from a right knee injury that cost him all of 2024, bringing a career 15.5-yard average. Kicker John Love went 16-for-18 on field goals last year. Veteran punter Peter Moore is gone, but hopes are high for Nick Veltsistas. National Ranking: 55 More ACC team previews Boston College | California | Clemson | Duke | Florida State Georgia Tech | Louisville | Miami | North Carolina | NC State Pitt | SMU | Stanford | Syracuse | Virginia | Wake Forest Advertisement Related: ACC Football 2025 Predictions Related: College Football Rankings: Projecting the Top 25 Teams for 2025 Related: Athlon Sports 2025 College Football Preview Magazine Available Now This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 3, 2025, where it first appeared.
Miami Herald
30-06-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Virginia Tech Football Preview 2025: Can Brent Pry Finally Make the Hokies Contenders?
It's not that the Brent Pry era has been bad, and it's not even that it's been disappointing. It's that it's been, to put it into technical terms ...Blah. Beating arch-rival Virginia two years in a row was nice - the 2022 game was cancelled due to the tragic events that ended the Cavaliers' season - and getting to bowl games over the last two years was fine, but it's possible to do so much more with this football program. X CFN, Fiu | CFN Facebook | Bluesky Fiu, CFN Virginia Tech Offense BreakdownVirginia Tech Defense BreakdownSeason Prediction, Win Total, Keys to Season It's never easy when you're trying to live up to the impossible standards of a dogging Virginia Tech in any way, but it's not Alabama, or Florida State, or Texas, or Ohio State, and yet Frank Beamer was a double-digit win machine for so long that it became Fuente was able to keep the success going for a while, but things started to slip, 2020 was a problem, and now Virginia Tech is on a run of four losing seasons in the last five years - the first such run since 1970 to 1974 - and now that's starting to seem routine. Pry has tried rebuilding, and he's doing a decent job of bringing in the talent, but there hasn't been a whole lot of luck, and there's been less early success. Virginia Tech needs to do two things. 1) Start better, and 2 beat the mid non-ACC power is now 0-6 against non-conference Power Four teams, and it's not like his guys had to deal with Michigan and Georgia, losing to Vanderbilt, Minnesota, Purdue, West Virginia, and twice to Rutgers. And because of that, the Hokies have had a hard time getting off the launching pad. It's hard to matter when you're all but out of contention for anything fun before October Hokies began last year with a 2-3 September - but to be fair, they were totally hosed in the Miami loss - started 2-3 in September of 2023, and 2-2 before October in 2022. And after that, the conference seasons haven't been much the last three seasons they're 10-13 in the ACC, the program has suffered four losing seasons in the last five, and ... Pry is trying to fix that in a big hurry. The Hokies aren't getting rocked. Five of the six regular season losses last year were by one score, they hung tough with Clemson, and a few injury issues and inconsistencies didn't close. Pry did a nice job in the transfer portal, the coaching staff has been changed up a bit, and there isn't a game on the schedule his team can't win if things start to go the right run of losing seasons will stop here, but to do more, especially in the ACC, it's time to crank up the ... Virginia Tech Offense BreakdownVirginia Tech Defense BreakdownSeason Prediction, Win Total, Keys to Season © 2025 The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved.
