{"id":896952,"date":"2026-04-05T09:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/uva-fires-agugua-hamilton-despite-sweet-16-run\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T09:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:12:08","slug":"uva-fires-agugua-hamilton-despite-sweet-16-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/uva-fires-agugua-hamilton-despite-sweet-16-run\/","title":{"rendered":"UVA fires Agugua-Hamilton despite Sweet 16 run"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kymora Johnson sinks a late trey to give Virginia a lead (0:33)<\/span><\/p>\n

Kymora Johnson knocks down a 3-pointer to give Virginia a lead in the final minute. (0:33)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Virginia<\/a> fired Amaka Agugua-Hamilton as head coach of the women’s basketball program Saturday.<\/p>\n

Agugua-Hamilton led the Cavaliers to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2000<\/a>. She went 70-58, including a 29-42 mark in ACC play.<\/p>\n

Virginia became the first double-digit seed to reach the regional semifinals since 2022 and pulled off the upset of the tournament, knocking off No. 2 seed Iowa on the road in double overtime in the second round.<\/p>\n

It became the first First Four team to advance this far, before falling to TCU<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I thought we had some really good moments in that game,” Agugua-Hamilton said after that loss. “But the third quarter got away from us. … We came up short, but that doesn’t take away from our season or the growth we’ve had with our program.”<\/p>\n

South Carolina<\/a> coach Dawn Staley, who starred at Virginia as a player, said she had just heard about the coaching change.<\/p>\n

“I did reach out to our athletic director at Virginia and she just told me they did part ways. I don’t know why. We’ll talk,” Staley said. “I did reach out to Coach Mox to check on her. I didn’t have time to have a conversation with her. I don’t know what went wrong. She had them on the right track.”<\/p>\n

Staley said she hopes Virginia gets it together.<\/p>\n

“We got a deeply rich tradition at UVA on this stage, and we hope to get our team back there one day sooner than later,” Staley said of her alma mater.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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