The first domino of what figures to be a more robust coaching cycle has fallen, as the Virginia Tech Hokies fired coach Brent Pry on Sunday after a 0-3 start to the season.

Pry was supposed to represent a return to the Frank Beamer glory years in Blacksburg, as he had spent three years there as a graduate assistant in the mid-1990s. Pry reached a bowl game in 2023 and had the roster in a good place. But a lukewarm 2024 and a faceplant to start this season closed the curtain for Pry, who finished his run at 16-24.

A big subplot of the coaching search is: Who will lead it? Athletics director Whit Babcock hired both Justin Fuente to succeed Beamer and Pry. There are larger post-Beamer problems in the athletic department. Babcock's status seems tenuous at best.

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