The business will still operate as a partnership between Sampson, who played center for UVa between 1979 and 1983, and Warren Thompson, a fellow Wahoo and the founder of Thompson Hospitality.

According to UVA and college basketball legend Ralph Sampson, he thinks his former teammate and current NBA head coach Rick Carlisle would be perfect for the job (via Jerry Ratcliffe).

"If you look at Ralph Sampson in his Virginia days and his early career before injury, a version of that," said Mullin. "Now, ...