Dennis Wolff

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

Dennis Wolff
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Basketball
Born	(1955-03-01) March 1, 1955 New York City, New York
Playing career
1973–1975	LSU
1976–1978	Connecticut
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1980–1982	Connecticut College
1982–1985	St. Bonaventure (asst.)
1985–1989	Wake Forest (asst.)
1989–1990	SMU (asst.)
1990–1994	Virginia (asst.)
1994–2009	Boston University
2009–2010	Virginia Tech (asst.)
2010–2016	Virginia Tech (women)
Head coaching record
Overall	338-308
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3× America East regular season championship (2002–2004) 2× America East Tournament championship (1997, 2002)
Awards
3× America East Coach of the Year (1997, 2003, 2004)

Dennis Wolff (born March 1, 1955)^[1] is the former head coach of the Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball 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 & 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.

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 1993-1994 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 and 338-308 including women's games.

Wolff was fired following the 2008–2009 season, his 15th with the Terriers.

After bringing the Virginia Tech women's basketball team to the postseason, making the NIT, for the first time since 2006-2007, Wolff was fired on March 22, 2016.

Dennis and his wife JoAnn have 3 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

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Connecticut College (NCAA Division III) (1980–1982)
1980–81	Connecticut College	16-8
1981–82	Connecticut College	14-10
Connecticut College:		30-18
Boston University (America East Conference) (1994–present)
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 1st 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 1st Round
2002–03	Boston University	20-11	13-3	T-1st	NIT 1st Round
2003–04	Boston University	23-6	17-1	1st	NIT Opening Round
2004–05	Boston University	20-9	14-4	3rd	NIT 1st 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

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Virginia Tech (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2011–present)
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
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

^[4]

References

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

External links

Boston University Biography

Boston University Terriers men's basketball head coaches

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America East Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year

1983: Friel
1984: Macarchuk
1985: Griffin
1986: Calhoun
1987: Fogel
1988: Chappelle
1989: Deane
1990: Jarvis
1992: Brennan
1993: Steinwedel
1993: Herrion
1994: Keeling
1995: Herrion
1996: Herrion
1997: Wolff
1998: Brey & Brennan
1999: Herrion
2000: Wright
2001: Wright
2002: Brennan
2003: Wolff
2004: Wolff
2005: Everhart
2006: Harrison
2007: Lonergan
2008: Monroe
2009: Broadus
2010: Pikiell
2011: Lonergan
2012: Pikiell
2013: Pikiell
2014: Becker
2015: Brown
2016: Pikiell

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