On Wednesday morning, Virginia Tech officially introduced James Franklin as their next head football coach. Five weeks after getting fired at Penn State, Franklin took the stage at Cassell Coliseum to be formally introduced.
In late 2021, Brent Pry was hired at Virginia Tech to replace the outgoing Justin Fuente. Pry was Franklin's defensive coordinator at Penn State before he was hired in Blacksburg to lead the Hokies program. He was tasked with rebuilding the program after Fuente left.
It was an up-and-down tenure for Pry before he was fired in September.