Odom has been coaching nearby VCU and has ties to Charlottesville: His father, Dave, was an assistant there in the 1980s

According to various reports, including The Athletic, the Cavaliers are expected to hire Ryan Odom from VCU — and a few stops before that, from the University of Maryland Baltimore County squad that stunned Virginia in the 2018 NCAA Tournament — to become their new head coach.

According to CBS Sports, Virginia is set to hire the VCU coach as its next head coach. Odom was the coach at UMBC in 2018 when his Retrievers beat Virginia 74-54 in the first round of the NCAA tournament. It was the first time a No. 16 seed had ever taken down a No. 1 seed since the tournament had expanded to 64 teams.