Ron Sanchez, who served as the University of Virginia’s interim men’s basketball coach during the 2024-25 season, will not be retained as the program’s full-time coach, the University announced Wednesday.

“Virginia officially announces what has been expected for a few months: interim head coach Ron Sanchez will not be retained as the program’s full-time head coach for the 2025-26 season,” Jeff Borzello said in a post. Ron Sanchez was obviously put into a very difficult spot ahead of this season, but he did not do enough to earn the full-time gig.

Athletic Director Carla Williams announced Wednesday that Virginia men’s basketball Interim Coach Ron Sanchez will not be returning as head coach next season. The announcement came roughly three hours after the team’s season-ending loss to Georgia Tech in the second round of the ACC Tournament.

Despite losing their final game of the regular season, the Virginia Cavaliers managed to earn the No. 9 seed and the final first round bye in the 2025 ACC Men's

Virginia Tech basketball has had more valleys than peaks in its history. While better known for their football prowess, the Hokies made the Sweet Sixteen in 2019 and had five straight NCAA Tournament appearances from 2017 to 2022, although March Madness was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19.