Seth Greenberg, who will coach the U.S. men’s basketball team at the 2013 Maccabiah Games, was fired by Virginia Tech.
The Atlantic Coast Conference school made the announcement April 23.
“We needed to go in another direction in our men’s basketball program,” athletic director Jim Weaver said, according to USA Today.
Greenberg, 56, led Virginia Tech to a record of 167-117 in nine seasons. The Hokies made the NCAA tournament in the 2006-07 season and the National Invitational Tournament five times.
Weaver said Greenberg was “shocked” when told he was being fired.
Greenberg, a member of the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in Commack, N.Y., has won nearly 400 games as the head man at Virginia Tech, South Florida and Long Beach State. — jta