Dennis Wolff

Dennis Wolff (born March 1, 1955)[1] is an American basketball coach whose most recent coaching position was with the Virginia Tech Hokies women's team.[2] The role is Wolff's first job coaching a women's team. Prior to the role, Wolff served as director of basketball operations and assistant to the head coach for the Virginia Tech men's team.[3] He is the former head coach of men's basketball at Boston University, a position from which he was fired on March 11, 2009, after 15 seasons.

This article is about the basketball coach. For the Pennsylvania politician, see Dennis C. Wolff.

Dennis Wolff

Wolff at Virginia Tech in 2013
Current position
Title	Director of operations
Team	Old Dominion
Conference	Conference USA
Biographical details
Born	(1955-03-01) March 1, 1955 New York City, New York
Playing career
1973–1975	LSU
1976–1978	UConn
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1980–1982	Connecticut College
1982–1985	St. Bonaventure (assistant)
1985–1989	Wake Forest (assistant)
1989–1990	SMU (assistant)
1990–1994	Virginia (assistant)
1994–2009	Boston University
2009–2010	Virginia Tech (assistant)
2010–2016	Virginia Tech (women's)
2016–present	Old Dominion (director of ops)
Head coaching record
Overall	277–215 (men's) 62–93 (women's)
Tournaments	0–2 (NCAA Division I) 0–3 (NIT) 1–1 (WNIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3× America East regular season (2002–2004) 2× America East Tournament (1997, 2002)
Awards
3× America East Coach of the Year (1997, 2003, 2004)

Wolff, a native of New York City,[3] finished his collegiate basketball career at UConn after playing two years at LSU. He became the head coach at Boston University following the 1993–94 season, taking over for Bob Brown. He was previously the head coach at Connecticut College, where he coached from 1980 to 1982. In between his head coaching jobs, Wolff was an assistant at St. Bonaventure, Wake Forest, SMU, and the University of Virginia. Wolff left BU with a record of 247–197, the most wins in school history. His career overall record is 277–215 in men's college basketball and 62–93 in women's.

The following season, Wolff was the Director of Operations for Virginia Tech under Seth Greenberg.

That following season, athletic director Jim Weaver named him the new Virginia Tech women's basketball coach.

After bringing the Virginia Tech women's basketball team to the postseason, making the NIT, for the first time since 2006–07, Wolff was fired on March 22, 2016.

In June 2016, Wolff was named Director of basketball Operations for Old Dominion University by head coach Jeff Jones.

Family

Wolff and his wife, JoAnn, have three children: Nicole, Matthew and Michael. Nicole played for the University of Connecticut women's basketball team, while Matthew played for his father at Boston University and is an assistant coach at American University. Michael played hockey at Brown University.

Head coaching record

Men's

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Connecticut College Camels (NCAA Division III independent schools) (1980–1982)
1980–81	Connecticut College	16–8
1981–82	Connecticut College	14–10
Connecticut College:		30–18
Boston University Terriers (America East Conference) (1994–2009)
1994–95	Boston University	15–16	7–9	T–4th
1995–96	Boston University	18–11	13–5	2nd
1996–97	Boston University	25–5	17–1	1st	NCAA Division I First Round
1997–98	Boston University	19–11	12–6	T–1st
1998–99	Boston University	9–18	5–13	8th
1999–00	Boston University	7–22	5–13	T–8th
2000–01	Boston University	14–14	9–9	5th
2001–02	Boston University	22–10	13–3	T–1st	NCAA Division I First Round
2002–03	Boston University	20–11	13–3	T–1st	NIT First Round
2003–04	Boston University	23–6	17–1	1st	NIT Opening Round
2004–05	Boston University	20–9	14–4	3rd	NIT First Round
2005–06	Boston University	12–16	9–7	T–3rd
2006–07	Boston University	12–18	8–8	3rd
2007–08	Boston University	14–17	9–7	6th
2008–09	Boston University	17–13	11–5	3rd
Boston University:		247–197	162–94
Total:		277–215
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Women's

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Virginia Tech Hokies (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2011–2016)
2011–12	Virginia Tech	7–23	3–13	13th
2012–13	Virginia Tech	10–20	4–14	12th
2013–14	Virginia Tech	14–16	4–12	12th
2014–15	Virginia Tech	12–20	1–15	14th
2015–16	Virginia Tech	18–14	5–11	11th	WNIT Second Round
Virginia Tech:		62–93	17–65
Total:		62–93

References

1. "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
2. Dennis Wolff named Tech women's basketball coach, accessed March 26, 2011
3. http://www.hokiesports.com/staff/wolff.html

External links

• Old Dominion profile