{"id":861356,"date":"2026-04-08T18:11:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/861356\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T18:11:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:11:29","slug":"virginias-tony-elliott-agrees-to-extension-through-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/861356\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia’s Tony Elliott agrees to extension through 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Andrea AdelsonApr 8, 2026, 12:28 PM ET<\/p>\n

Close<\/a> ACC reporter.
\n Joined ESPN.com in 2010.
\n Graduate of the University of Florida.<\/p>\n

Multiple Authors<\/p>\n

Virginia<\/a> coach Tony Elliott has agreed to a contract extension that will keep him with the Cavaliers through the 2030 season, the school announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Elliott, going into his fifth season with the program, led Virginia to a school-record 11 wins in 2025 and an ACC championship game appearance, while also winning ACC Coach of the Year honors.<\/p>\n

Financial terms were not disclosed. His most recent contract ran through May 2028 and paid him $4.4 million this past season, not including bonuses.<\/p>\n

“We are extremely fortunate to have Tony Elliott continue to lead our football program,” Virginia athletics director Carla Williams said in a statement. “His commitment to the values of the University of Virginia and his commitment to developing the whole person through football have been a blessing. His vision of building the model program has never wavered, despite extraordinary adversity. The future is bright for UVA football and we’re excited to continue this work together.”<\/p>\n

In 2025, Virginia went 7-1 in ACC play and finished alone atop the ACC regular-season standings for the first time in program history. Virginia finished the season ranked No. 16 in the Associated Press poll, its highest final AP ranking since 1995.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrea AdelsonApr 8, 2026, 12:28 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-861356","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116370440441834699","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}