Megan Duffy has been named Virginia Tech’s new women’s basketball coach after spending the past five years as Marquette’s head coach, Hokies athletic director Whit Babcock announced Wednesday.
Duffy, 39, guided the Golden Eagles to a 110-46 record (64-30 in the Big East) and three NCAA Tournament appearances.
She agreed to a six-year contract and will replace Kenny Brooks, who left to take the head coach job at Kentucky after going 180–82 in eight seasons.
“I am thrilled to welcome Coach Duffy and her husband Kevin to Virginia Tech,” Babcock said via hokiesports.com. “An accomplished player and coach, Megan has a relentless work ethic and a demonstrated ability to develop talent and build successful programs. She is a proven winner and committed to continuing our women’s basketball program’s momentum.”
Duffy has seven years of head coaching experience. She started at Miami (Ohio) in 2017, where she went 44-20 in two seasons.
Marquette started 12-0 this season and finished 23-9, earning a No. 10 seed in the NCAA Tournament and falling to No. 7 seed Mississippi in the first round.
“I am ecstatic to join Virginia Tech Athletics as the leader of the women’s program,” Duffy said. “The opportunity to continue the winning tradition with Hokie Nation and to be a part of the passionate, savvy Blacksburg community makes this a dream job for me. The ACC is the best conference in the country with deep talent and outstanding leaders.”
Duffy, a Kettering, Ohio, native, played at Notre Dame from 2002-06, helping the Irish reach four NCAA Tournaments and two Sweet 16s.
She served as an assistant coach at St. John’s (2009-12), George Washington (2012-14) and Michigan (2014-17) before taking over the program at Miami (Ohio).
