After the Virginia Tech football team beat Virginia in November 2024 to become bowl-eligible, former head coach Brent Pry had to make some tough decisions. A season that began with so much hype ended with needing to beat their in-state rivals Thanksgiving Weekend for the second year in a row just to win a sixth game and get a bowl game.
After the dust settled and long before the Hokies packed up and traveled to Charlotte to play Minnesota in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl in early January at Bank of America Stadium, Pry fired three assistant coaches.
Shown the door were defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Chris Marve, offensive line coach Ron Crook, and senior director of strength and conditioning Dwight Galt IV. After a year out of the game, Marve is reportedly returning and heading to the Big 12.
Former Virginia Tech DC reportedly being hired as linebackers coach at Colorado
According to Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports, Deion Sanders is hiring Marve as his linebackers coach at Colorado. This move comes after Marve was out of coaching for a year, but there was no doubt that he was going to get back into it in some capacity. It’s going to be in Boulder. He spent time as a linebackers coach at Vanderbilt and Florida State…