Walking out onto the John Paul Jones Arena court, through a tunnel of blue and orange balloons to the AC/DC anthem “Thunderstruck,” Odom smiled as the crowd cheered, this new beginning overtaking some ...

UVA Athletics has adopted a front-office model to help the Cavalier football program navigate the transfer portal and the ...

“He’s been really successful in the transfer portal,” said UVa deputy athletic director Wally Walker, who served on the search committee for the Cavaliers’ next coach. “That’s part of ...

Odom, 50, arrives with 10-plus seasons of head-coaching experience, including Division I stints at UMBC, Utah State and, most recently, VCU, none of which lasted more than five seasons.

Ryan Odom has adapted while still adhering to an overarching academic mission he appreciates as a former Division III athlete at Hampden-Sydney in the face of a NIL-dominated landscape.

Williams said deputy athletic directors Wally Walker, Armani Dawkins and Tyler Jones shoulder those responsibilities in men’s basketball, women’s basketball and football, respectively.

It’s a topic Williams and Wally Walker — a member of the search committee that selected Odom — said didn’t come up much during Odom’s job interviews. “It hasn’t left any of our ...

It's a topic Williams and Wally Walker -- a member of the search committee that selected Odom -- said didn't come up much during Odom's job interviews. "It hasn't left any of our memories," Walker ...

For Carla Williams and UVA's search committee, which included deputy athletics director Wally Walker, associate director of athletics for development Barry Parkhill, and chief operating officer ...