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Yahoo
03-07-2025
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- 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.
Associated Press
17-02-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Hokies turn to Philip Montgomery to serve as offensive coordinator
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech has hired former Tulsa head coach Philip Montgomery as its offensive coordinator. The school announced the hiring Monday. Montgomery spent eight years as Tulsa's head coach, going 43-53 from 2015-22 while reaching four bowl games. The highlight was a 10-win season in 2016 and reaching the American Athletic Conference title game in 2020. And that 2016 team became the first team in Bowl Subdivision history to feature a 3,000-yard passer, two 1,000-yard rushers and two 1,000-yard receivers in the same season. Montgomery had also worked as offensive coordinator at Baylor, Auburn and Houston. He also worked as co-coordinator of the United Football League's Birmingham Stallions, which won last year's title. The Hokies were a middle-of-the-pack team in the Atlantic Coast Conference in offense under former coordinator Tyler Bowen, ranking 10th out of 17 teams by averaging 28.2 points and 12th by averaging 367.8 yards per game.
