In more Virginia Tech Coming, Going, and Staying News: Hammond, Suffren, Wells Stay
Three big basketball keeps for 2025-2026. MBB’s Ben Hammond is staying. WBB’s Leila Wells and Samyha Suffren are too.
University President Sands, however, is leaving.
Hokie Bird says next time! | John Schneider - SB Nation ‘Tis the season for moves to happen, and as tough as it has been this past decade, just keeping a team together from season to season, Hokie Men’s and Women’s Basketball both got some good news. The big “sorta sports” news is that Tech’s President Timothy Sands is stepping down.
Times are changing. Good News on the Basketball Front for a Change There is little argument over how difficult it is to hold together a program for more than one season at a time. It’s probably the most difficult part of a coach’s job in the modern (and hopefully transitional) era of NIL money and players chasing it from team to team and season to season now that job hopping is allowed.
The good news for Coach Mike Young and Hokie Men’s Basketball is that Ben Hammond has taken the decision to stay in Blacksburg for the 2026-2027 basketball season. 🏠 https://t. co/vXFKrFZPa4 — Ben Hammond (@theb3nhammond) April 9, 2026 Hammond averaged 13.
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