Virginia Tech has set its sights on Florida Atlantic athletic director Brian White as it searches for a successor to outgoing AD Whit Babcock, according to Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger on Monday evening. A deal has not been finalized, but discussions are trending toward White landing in Blacksburg.
Virginia Tech is targeting FAU AD Brian White in its search for an athletic director, sources tell @YahooSports. A deal has not been finalized, but discussions are trending that direction.
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) June 22, 2026
What does this mean for Virginia Tech?
Babcock announced in April that he would transition out of the director of athletics role effective June 30, 2026, capping a 12-year tenure that reshaped the department. Virginia Tech formed an eight-member search committee on May 28, chaired by Lynne Doughtie, the retired chairman and CEO of KPMG LLP and a 1985 Virginia Tech graduate. Babcock will remain with the university as Athletics Director Emeritus beginning July 1, serving in an advisory capacity to the new AD and incoming university president.
White has spent the last eight years building Florida Atlantic into one of the more surprising programs in college sports. In September 2024, FAU interim president Stacy Volnick announced a contract extension for White through 2029, a sign of how much the university valued what he had built. Since arriving in Boca Raton, he has guided the Owls to the American Athletic Conference, seen men’s basketball make consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and shepherded a Final Four run in 2022-23…