Virginia's athletics director is Carla Williams, the first African American woman to hold the position at any
power conference university. The previous athletics director was
Craig Littlepage, the first African American to have that title in the ACC. He held the position for sixteen years and, under his leadership, UVA added many significant hires who have demonstrated success near the top of their respective sports, including recent NCAA Champions
Tony Bennett,
Lars Tiffany,
Brian O'Connor, and Todd DeSorbo, as well as former football coach
Bronco Mendenhall. Among coaches who have longer tenures,
George Gelnovatch has won two NCAA men's soccer national titles since 2009. Steve Swanson has led women's soccer teams to six ACC titles and 24 consecutive winning seasons. Kevin Sauer has led UVA women's rowing to two NCAA titles since 2010.