BLACKSBURG, Va. – Shortly after Justin Fuente and his staff arrived at Virginia Tech, the sales pitch began from his assistants.
They wanted to start using virtual reality to help train their players.
Fuente listened to a few presentations, then made the pitch to athletic director Whit Babcock. Donors helped finance the $150,000 technology, and – voilà! – the Hokies became one of a few schools across the country to use virtual reality this spring.
“Those assistant coaches know how to get to me,” Fuente said. “We brought a couple people in and they hooked me up to it and I was blown away.