Associate Head Basketball Coach at the University of Virginia Jason Williford has been in the basketball coaching business for 20 years with 12 of them spent at UVA, where he was also a 4-year player. His entire time as a coach at UVA has been with 2x AP National Coach of the Year Tony Bennett who, with the help of Coach Willy, led the Cavaliers to a National Championship victory in 2019. UVA basketball is often labeled as having a “boring” style of play: not a lot of offense, not a lot of flash. They place a large emphasis on defense – and practice it daily. Quoting one of the greatest golfers of the 20th century, Ben Hogan, Coach Willy said that their team “keeps it in the dirt.” Hogan stated this to say that a majority of his time was spent in the “dirt” at the driving range. In other words, he spends a ton of time practicing. When asked about this negative stereotype of “boring” frequently given by the media about UVA basketball, Coach Willy smiled in silence, took a deep breath, and asked directly: “Would you rather be bored and win or look good and lose?”