Dennis Wolff (born March 1, 1955) is an American basketball coach whose most recent coaching position was with the

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women's team.Dennis Wolff named Tech women's basketball coach
accessed March 26, 2011 The role is Wolff's first job coaching a women's team. Prior to the role, Wolff served as director of basketball operations and assistant to the head coach for the

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men's team. He is the former head coach of men's basketball at

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, a position from which he was fired on March 11, 2009, after 15 seasons. Wolff, a native of

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, finished his collegiate basketball career at

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after playing two years at

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. He became the head coach at Boston University following the 1993–94 season, taking over for

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. He was previously the head coach at

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, where he coached from 1980 to 1982. In between his head coaching jobs, Wolff was an assistant at St. Bonaventure, Wake Forest, SMU, and the

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. Wolff left BU with a record of 247–197, the most wins in school history. His career overall record is 277–215 in men's college basketball and 62–93 in women's. The following season, Wolff was the Director of Operations for Virginia Tech under

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. That following season, athletic director Jim Weaver named him the new Virginia Tech women's basketball coach. After bringing the Virginia Tech women's basketball team to the postseason, making the NIT, for the first time since 2006–07, Wolff was fired on March 22, 2016. In June 2016, Wolff was named Director of basketball Operations for Old Dominion University by head coach Jeff Jones.

Family

Wolff and his wife, JoAnn, have three children: Nicole, Matthew and Michael. Nicole played for the

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women's basketball team, while Matthew played for his father at Boston University and is an assistant coach at American University. Michael played hockey at Brown University.

Head coaching record

Men's

Women's

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