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| Title: | Pepperdine names Virginia's Aldrich hoops coach |
| Link: | Original article on espn.com |
| Region: | US |
| Topics: | working; aldrich; coach; hires; law; pepperdine; program; private; ncaa; griff; head; build; waves; virginia; Pepperdine Waves men's basketball; Head coach; NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament; Basketball; Longwood Lancers men's basketball; Griff Aldrich; Paul Westphal |
| Datetime: | 3/26/2026, 10:40:23 PM |
| Summary: | Open Extended ReactionsPepperdine has finalized a deal to hire Virginia associate head coach Griff Aldrich as the Waves' new men's basketball coach, the school announced Thursday. Aldrich led Longwood to a pair of NCAA tournaments as a head coach, going 127-100 in seven years there. He takes over a Pepperdine program that hasn't reached the NCAA tournament since 2002 when Paul Westphal was the coach. He's a Virginia law school graduate who spent 16 years working in the private sector in both law and business. In 2016, he began working at UMBC with Ryan Odom before taking over as the head coach at Longwood.... |
