Hokie ClubBLACKSBURG, Va. – Virginia Tech men’s basketball head coach Seth Greenberg has announced the hiring of Dennis Wolff as Director of Men’s Basketball Operations. At Virginia Tech, Wolff will assist Greenberg in the day-to-day operations of the basketball program and will take on additional duties to better reflect a change in NCAA rules governing the operations position.
Most recently, Wolff served as the head men’s basketball coach at Boston University from 1994-2009. Under Wolff’s guidance, the Terriers won three straight conference titles (2002-2004) and made four consecutive postseason appearances (2002-05) for the first time in school history. He was a three-time America East Coach of the Year and a two-time NABC District 1 Coach of the Year selection.
“I am excited to have Dennis Wolff join our basketball staff,” Greenberg said. “He has a wealth of experience and knowledge and will no doubt be an asset to our basketball program. He is a proven teacher, coach and mentor. He has experience in every facet of our business. With the change in the NCAA rules, I will use Dennis as a sounding board to gain feedback on what we are doing and how we are doing it.”
Wolff was 247-197 (.556) in 15 years at BU, and is the school’s all-time leader in victories. Including two years at Connecticut College in the early 1980s, Wolff is 277-215 (.563) in 17 years as a head coach.
“I am thrilled to be a part of the Virginia Tech athletics community,” Wolff said. “I hope to contribute however I can to the nationally-respected program that Coach Greenberg has built at Virginia Tech.”
Wolff arrived at BU following a four-year (1990-94) stint as an assistant coach under head coach Jeff Jones at the University of Virginia. Prior to his tenure at Virginia, Wolff spent four years (1985-89) as an assistant coach at Wake Forest, and one year (1989-90) at Southern Methodist University.
Wolff began his coaching career at Trinity College, a Division III school in Hartford, Conn., where he served as an assistant from 1978-80. At the age of 25, he was named the head coach at Connecticut College and guided the Camels to a two-year mark of 30-18, including a successful 16-8 record in 1980-81, his first year as a head coach. In 1982, he began his first of three years as an assistant coach at St. Bonaventure. In the last year, Wolff has been involved in the USO Operation Hardwood in Iraq and the USO Operation Hoop Talk in Afghanistan.
A 1978 graduate of the University of Connecticut, Wolff was a two-year letterman under head coaches Dee Rowe and Dom Perno after transferring from Louisiana State University in 1975. A native of New York City, Wolff was a standout guard for Holy Cross High School. In recognition of his scholastic efforts, Wolff has since been inducted into the Holy Cross Athletic Hall of Fame.
Wolff and his wife JoAnn have three children: Nicole, Matt, and Michael. Nicole, the 2002 McDonald’s National Player of the Year, played basketball at the University of Connecticut. Matt played basketball at Boston University and Michael plays ice hockey for Brown.