Former guard Jay Butler will be hired as the Panthers next head coach to replace Tony Sheals, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Butler will become the Panthers’ fourth coach since 2008. The newspaper also reports that former Panther and NBA All-Star Ben Wallace could be part of the coaching staff.
Sheals was reassigned within the university after a 9-18 season.
Butler has spent the last decade as the women’s basketball coach at the University of the District of Columbia.
As a VUU player, Butler helped lead the program to three CIAA championships and four Division II NCAA tournament appearances.
Wallace, who played for Virginia Union from 1994 to 1996, was First-Team All CIAA and was selected as a First Team All-American his senior year before playing for five NBA teams.
Wallace was a four-time NBA-All-Star, 4-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year and was a key member of the 2004 Detroit Pistons’ NBA championship team.
