CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – After guiding UVA to a 10-2 mark and a spot in Saturday’s conference championship game, football coach Tony Elliott has been named the 2025 ACC Coach of the Year.
The award was selected by an 82-member voting panel featuring 65 media voters and the conference’s 17 head coaches.
A Broyles Award winner as an assistant in 2017 at Clemson, it marks the first ACC Coach of the Year honor for Elliott and the first by a UVA head coach since 2011.
Elliott has also been recognized as a semifinalist for the Munger Award, Bobby Dodd Trophy and Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year Awards.
In the regular-season finale, the Cavaliers ended a four-game skid against commonwealth foe Virginia Tech last Saturday with a decisive 27-7 victory at Scott Stadium. Virginia finished alone atop the ACC standings for the first time ever and tied the program record for ACC wins with seven. The win over the Hokies clinched a berth in the ACC Championship for the first time since 2019.
Virginia is set to take on Duke in the 2025 ACC Championship game on Saturday (Dec. 6) at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. on ABC, the Virginia Sports Radio Network and ESPN Radio.
