- Dennis Wolff
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This article is about the basketball coach. For the Pennsylvania politician, see Dennis C. Wolff.
Dennis Wolff Sport(s) Basketball Current position Title Head coach Team Virginia Tech Record 247-197 Biographical details Born March 1, 1955 Place of birth 
New York City, NYPlaying career 1973–1975
1976–1978LSU
UConnPosition(s) Guard Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1980–1982
1982–1985
1985–1989
1989–1990
1990–1994
1994–2009
2009–2010
2010–PresentConnecticut College
St. Bonaventure (asst.)
Wake Forest (asst.)
SMU (asst.)
Virginia (asst.)
Boston University
Virginia Tech (asst.)
Virginia Tech (women)Head coaching record Overall 277-215 Accomplishments and honors Championships America East Regular Season Championship (2002, 2003, 2004)
America East Tournament Championship (1997, 2002)Awards America East Coach of the Year (1997, 2003, 2004) Dennis Wolff (born March 1, 1955 in New York City) is the head coach of the Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team.[1] 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.[2] 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 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 head coaching record is 277-215.
Wolff was fired following the 2008–2009 season, his 15th with the Terriers.
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 just finished his senior season on his father's team at Boston University. Michael is a freshman at Brown University and plays on their hockey team.
Head coaching record
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason Connecticut College (NCAA Division III) (1980–1982) 1980–1981 Connecticut College 16-8 1981-1982 Connecticut College 14-10 Connecticut College: 30-18 Boston University (America East Conference) (1994–present) 1994–1995 Boston University 15-16 7-9 T-4th 1995–1996 Boston University 18-11 13-5 2nd 1996–1997 Boston University 25-5 17-1 1st NCAA 1st Round 1997–1998 Boston University 19-11 12-6 T-1st 1998–1999 Boston University 9-18 5-13 8th 1999–2000 Boston University 7-22 5-13 T-8th 2000–2001 Boston University 14-14 9-9 5th 2001-2002 Boston University 22-10 13-3 T-1st NCAA 1st Round 2002–2003 Boston University 20-11 13-3 T-1st NIT 1st Round 2003–2004 Boston University 23-6 17-1 1st NIT Opening Round 2004–2005 Boston University 20-9 14-4 3rd NIT 1st Round 2005–2006 Boston University 12-16 9-7 T-3rd 2006–2007 Boston University 12-18 8-8 3rd 2007–2008 Boston University 14-17 9-7 6th 2008–2009 Boston University 17-13 11-5 3rd Boston University: 247-197 162-94 Total: 277-215 National Champion Conference Regular Season Champion Conference Tournament Champion
Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion Conference Division ChampionReferences
- ^ Dennis Wolff named Tech women's basketball coach, accessed March 26, 2011
- ^ http://www.hokiesports.com/staff/wolff.html
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Boston University Terriers men's basketball head coaches No coach (1901–1907) • No team (1907–1908) • P. V. Stroud (1908–1909) • Charles McGlue (1909–1910) • H. L. Perrin (1910–1911) • No team (1911–1915) • Henry Crane (1915–1916) • V. B. Allison (1916–1918) • No team (1918–1919) • Percy L. Wendell (1919–1920) • No coach (1920–1923) • No team (1923–1924) • John Williams (1924–1925) • Win Carlson (1925–1932) • John Harmon (1932–1935) • Mel Collard (1935–1943) • No team (1943–1944) • Mel Collard (1944–1945) • Russ Peterson (1945–1948) • Charles Cummings (1948–1949) • Vin Cronin (1949–1952) • Matt Zunic (1952–1959) • John Burke (1959–1966) • Charles Luce (1966–1971) • Ron Mitchell (1971–1974) • Roy Sigler (1974–1978) • Rick Pitino (1978–1983) • John Kuester (1983–1985) • Mike Jarvis (1985–1990) • Bob Brown (1990–1994) • Dennis Wolff (1994–2009) • Pat Chambers (2009–2011) • Joe Jones (2011– )
Current women's basketball head coaches of the Atlantic Coast Conference Sylvia Crawley (Boston College) • Itoro Umoh-Coleman (Clemson) • Joanne P. McCallie (Duke) • Sue Semrau (Florida State) • MaChelle Joseph (Georgia Tech) • Brenda Frese (Maryland) • Katie Meier (Miami) • Kellie Harper (NC State) • Sylvia Hatchell (North Carolina) • Dennis Wolff (Virginia Tech) • Joanne Boyle (Virginia) • Mike Petersen (Wake Forest)
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