Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall stepping down after bowl

Virginia Tech head coach J.C. Price, left, shakes the hand of Virginia head coach Bronco Mendenhall after an NCAA college football game Saturday Nov 27, 2021, in Charlottesville, Va. Tech won the game 29-24. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

FILE - Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall watches the team's NCAA college football game against Pittsburgh on Nov. 20, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Mendenhall is stepping down after the Cavaliers play their bowl game, abruptly ending his tenure at the school after six seasons. The surprising announcement came in a news release Thursday, Dec. 2. In a hastily organized conference call with reporters, Mendenhall said the decision was his alone and that both athletic director Carla Williams and university president Jim Ryan asked him to stay. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)