It was announced earlier this year that Virginia Tech athletic director Whit Babcock will be retiring, which puts the full-court press on to find his replacement. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to many people that new football coach James Franklin is helping in the search.
Whoever gets hired as the next AD, there is going to be a ton on their plate for an athletics program that is taking the necessary steps in making sure the programs can compete with the top schools in terms of NIL and the funding needed to be successful.
There are other issues that need to be addressed, and one of them is the scheduling of non-conference games. Mainly football, the program that drives athletic programs. Back in September, it was announced that Virginia Tech and Wisconsin were going to play a home-and-home in football beginning in 2031…