Yesterday Brent Pry was fired as head football coach at Virginia Tech, after an 0-3 start to the 2025 regular season. Pry was 16-24 in three plus seasons at the helm of the Hokies. Here is a
look at the Virginia Tech Hokies
football program since 2008 (the
first year that in which I have data for the model).
This time period only covers the last eight seasons of head football
coach Frank Beamer (2008-2015), Justin Fuente (2016-2021), and Brent Pry (2022-2025). After the figure
below is a more
detailed look at
the Virginia Tech Hokies football program during head coach Pry's
tenure based on the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com. (The vertical school color bars represent seasons where head coaches changed).
Brent Pry [2022-2025*]
2022
The Hokies finished the regular season at 3-8 (the game against Virginia was cancelled). The Hokies played
against an “easier”
strength
of schedule (SOS), meaning that their SOS was between one and two standard deviations above the average SOS for the "league". Virginia Tech's
best win
was against #52 ranked Liberty by a
score of (23-22) and their worst loss was to #104 ranked West Virginia by a
score of (10-33).
Virginia Tech was the #96 ranked team overall, with the #119 ranked
offense and the #34 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2023
The Hokies finished the regular season at 6-6, while playing against an “average”
strength
of schedule (SOS), meaning that their SOS was plus or minus one standard deviation from the "league" average. They defeated by #43 ranked Tulane by a
score of (41-20) in their post-season bowl game to finish the season
overall at 7-6. Virginia Tech's
best regular season win
was against #72 ranked Syracuse by a
score of (38-10) and their worst loss was to #85 ranked Marshall by a
score of (17-24).
Virginia Tech was the #50 ranked team overall, with the #52 ranked
offense and the #52 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2024
The Hokies were 6-6, making them bowl eligible, but they were defeated by #19 ranked Minnesota by a score of (10-24) to finish at 6-7 overall. The Hokies played
against an “average”
strength
of schedule (SOS). Virginia Tech's best win
was against #45 ranked Georgia Tech (21-6) and their
worst loss was to #71 ranked Rutgers by a score of (23-26).
Virginia Tech was the #60 ranked team overall, with the #66 ranked
offense and the #48 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2025
Head
coach Pry was fired at the end of the third game of the regular season where the Hokies were 0-3. The Hokies played
against an “average”
strength
of schedule (SOS) at the time of Pry's firing. Virginia Tech's worst loss to currently ranked #45 Old Dominion by a score of (26-45).
Virginia Tech currently is the #135 ranked team overall, with the #126 ranked
offense and the #134 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2025 FBS Head Coach Changes
DeShawn Foster and UCLA
