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Location.......................................................................... Blacksburg, Va. 24061-0502
Basketball Address.....................................Hahn Hurst Basketball Practice Center
605 Washington Street, SW
Enrollment...............................................................................................................31,000
Nickname..................................................................................................................Hokies
Colors....................................................................... Chicago Maroon & Burnt Orange
Conference......................................................................... Atlantic Coast Conference
Arena (Capacity).................................................................. Cassell Coliseum (9,567)
Tech’s All-Time Record................................................................................1397-1186
President.............................................................................................Dr. Timothy Sands
Director of Athletics.................................................................................Whit Babcock
Head Coach................................................... Buzz Williams (Oklahoma City, 1994)
Virginia Tech Record/Years..................................................................31-37 / 2 years
Overall Record/Years...................................................................... 184-123 / 9 years
Assistant Coaches..................................................Steve Roccaforte (Lamar, 1989)
Jamie McNeilly (New Orleans, 2007)
Christian Webster (Harvard, 2013)
Director of Men’s Basketball Operations.................Jeff Reynolds (UNCG, 1978)
Director of Player Personnel......................... Devin Johnson (New Orleans, 2008)
Director of Student-Athlete Development.............Lyle Wolf (Transylvania, 2010)
Director of Basketball Administration..............Cara Jacobson (Marquette, 2014)
Graphic Designer...........................................Josh Chambers (Virginia Tech, 2014)
Assistant A.D., Athletic Training..... Ernest Eugene (George Washington, 2000)
Assistant A.D. Strength & Conditioning
for Basketball Programs.......................... David Jackson (Virginia Tech, 1997)
2015-16 Record.....................................................................................................20-15
Conference Record/Finish..........................................................10-8 (T 7th in ACC)
Starters Returning/Lost............................................................................................... 3/2
Letterwinners Returning/Lost.................................................................................... 9/4
Associate AD/Strategic Communications.................................................Pete Moris
Associate SID/Primary Men’s Basketball Contact...................................... Bill Dyer
Associate SID/Social Media Contact...............................................Kelsey Appleton
Strategic Communications Administrative Assistant..........................Donna Smith
D I RECTORY
Athletics Department...........................................................................(540) 231-6796
Men’s Basketball Office......................................................................(540) 231-6725
Athletics Communications Office.....................................................(540) 231-6726
Athletics Communications Fax..........................................................(540) 231-6984
Website.......................................................................................
Twitter............................................................................................................@VT_MBBall
Instagram......................................................................................................... vthokiembb
Snapchat............................................................................................................ VTMBBall
HOK I E BASKETBAL L L I FE
Cassell Coliseum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Basketball Gameday Excitement. . . . . . . . . . . 4
Hahn Hurst Basketball Practice Center. . . . . . . . 6
Hahn Hurst Weight Room. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Virginia Tech in the ACC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Media Exposure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Off-Season Workouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Training Camp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Boot Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Team Gear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Hokies in the Community. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Buzz’s Bunch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Virginia Tech Athletic Success. . . . . . . . . . . 26
Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Family Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Coaching Staff Highlights. . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
STUDENT- ATHL ETE SUPPORT
Q&A with Devin Johnson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Athletic Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Q&A with David Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Q&A with Ernest Eugene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Sports Medicine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Training Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Nutrition Oasis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Q&A with Jennie Zabinsky. . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Q&A with Gary Bennett, Ph.D.. . . . . . . . . . . 83
Student-Athlete Development. . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Q&A with Reyna Gilbert-Lowry. . . . . . . . . . . 85
Q&A with Kendrick Gholston . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Student-Athlete Academic Support. . . . . . . . . 88
MEET THE HOK I ES
Team Photo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Roster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Seth Allen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Devin Wilson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Zach LeDay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Johnny Hamilton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Justin Bibbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Ty Outlaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Ahmed Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Justin Robinson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Chris Clarke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Kerry Blackshear Jr.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Greg Donlon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Matt Galloway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Khadim Sy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Tyrie Jackson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Seth LeDay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Nick Fullard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
2016-17 Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Office Assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Head Coach Buzz Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Assistant Coach Steve Roccaforte. . . . . . . . . . 98
Assistant Coach Jamie McNeilly. . . . . . . . . . 100
Assistant Coach Christian Webster. . . . . . . . .102
Director of Operations Jeff Reynolds. . . . . . . . 104
Director of Player Personnel Devin Johnson. . . . . 106
Director of Student-Athlete Development
Lyle Wolf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Assistant to the Head Coach Cara Jacobson. . . . .108
Graphic Designer Josh Chambers. . . . . . . . . 109
Assistant A.D. for Sports Medicine Ernest Eugene . . 110
Director of Strength & Conditioning David Jackson. . 111
Assistant Director, Equipment Services. . . . . . . 112
Bruce Garnes
Graduate Managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Associate Director of Student-Athlete
Academic Support Kendrick Gholston. . . . . .114
Team Physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
TH I S I S V I RG I N I A TECH
About the University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
University President Dr. Timothy Sands. . . . . . . 118
Director of Athletics Whit Babcock. . . . . . . . .119
Senior Associate A.D., Tom Gabbard . . . . . . . .120
Executive Associate A.D., Desiree Reed-Francois. . .121
Athletic Fund/Hokie Club. . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Executive Athletics Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
H I STORY AND RECORDS
Hokies in the Pros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
All-Time Greats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2016 NIT Tournament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Individual Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Records by Class. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Team Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Year-by-Year Leaders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Top Ten. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
2015-16 Stats and Results. . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Basketball Hall of Fame Members . . . . . . . . . 136
All Conference Honors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
HOK I E NEWS
Communications and Media Information. . . . . . .141
Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network. . . . . . . . . 143
2016-17 Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . .Back cover
MED I A GU I DE CRED I TS
Editor: Bill Dyer, Associate Director of Strategic Communications
Design: Ben Smith, Assistant Director, Graphic and Web Design; Josh Chambers (covers)w
Contributors: Jimmy Robertson, Damian Salas, Cara Jacobson, Josh Chambers
Photography: Cover photographs were taken by David Knachel of the Virginia Tech Office of Athletics Communications.
Photos inside the media guide were taken by Knachel, ChristinaWolfe, Brittany Tatum, Jim Stroup, Woody Veasey and Michael
Shroyer. Grant Pearrell, Austin Hodges, IvanMorozov, George Patch, Wayne Scarberry, Mark Nystrom, JimBridgeman, Bill Setliff,
Ruth Babylon, TomMaguire, APWirephoto, Damian Salas, Tony D’Antonio, Quinton Nottingham and the Office of Student Life
also contributed images. Photographers of The Roanoke Times also contributed to the guide, and Stroup, John McCormick
and Kelsey Kradel of University Relations Visual Communications. Photos of professional players were provided by NBA
teams, Hefelfinger Studio Photography, Rocky Widner/NBAE/Getty Images and Steve Lipofsky .
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