Defensive coordinator across 2 programs, 3 stints, before and after wearing the head-coach hat — every season measured on the same axis, whether he personally ran the unit or someone else did.
Followed Justin Fuente. Brent Pry held Virginia Tech at National Program I for 4 seasons.
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His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.
Reached National Program in his 1st career season — faster than 41% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #1 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).
Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.
Season-to-season pass-rate range for all 258 FBS coaching stints with at least three covered seasons, 2014–2025.
How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.
2–2 against his rivals.
A statistical estimate of this coach’s contribution to team performance, separated from that season’s roster talent, returning production, and his coordinators — pooled across his whole head-coaching career.
Model fit as of 2026-09-04.
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Fire Brent Pry and then tar and hokie feather Whit Babcock (AD) for systematically destroying Virginia Tech athletics and their competitiveness since his hire in 2014.
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4th-best Virginia Tech tenure of 16 by the numbers.
Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Justin Fuente (2016–2021).
| Season | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||
| Record | 3–8 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 3–6 | |
| Postseason | — | W bowl | L bowl | — | |
| Recruiting rank | #36 | #39 | #45 | #39 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||||
| Pass rate | 47.1 | 41.6 | 41.0 | 41.9 | |
| Coordinators | |||||
| OC | Tyler Bowen | Tyler Bowen | Tyler Bowen | Philip Montgomery | |
| DC | Chris Marve | Chris Marve | Chris Marve | Sam Siefkes | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||
| Offense | 14 | 67 | 25 | 59 | |
| Defense | 64 | 48 | 69 | 21 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||||
| 1st-down pass% | 40.3 | 42.7 | 41.8 | 36.6 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 32.5 | 37.5 | 37.9 | 40.2 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 32.3 | 48.8 | 43.6 | 40.0 | |
A typical amount of portal roster-building.
Brings in bigger-than-position-typical players than most.
Recruits older, more experienced transfers than most.
10 NFL Draft picks: James Mitchell (2022), Amare Barno (2022), Luke Tenuta (2022), Lecitus Smith (2022), Chamarri Conner (2023), Bhayshul Tuten (2025), Jaylin Lane (2025), Dorian Strong (2025) + 2 more