Dennis Wolff
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Director Of Operations |
| Team | Old Dominion |
| Conference | Conference USA |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
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) |
| 2016-present | Old Dominion (Director Of Ops.) |
| 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) |
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| Awards | |
| 3× America East Coach of the Year (1997, 2003, 2004) | |
Dennis Wolff (born March 1, 1955) is the former head coach of the Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team. 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. 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, 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.
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 2006-2007, 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.
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.
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