Virginia athletic director Carla Williams is hoping the obvious choice was the right one. Williams named VCU coach Ryan Odom — whose father was a Cavaliers assistant and who handed the program its mos

Virginia named Ryan Odom as the 13th head coach in the program's history on Saturday morning. The Cavaliers learned all about Odom in 2018, when upstart UMBC made history under his direction by becoming the first No.

VCU coach Ryan Odom has emerged as the target for the Virginia job, and a deal is expected to come together in the upcoming days, sources tell me and Jeff Borzello. He’s led VCU, Utah State and UMBC to the NCAA tournament in his career.