The 2009 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the

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in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Coastal Division of the

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(ACC). The Cavaliers were led by ninth-year head coach Al Groh. The previous season, Groh fired his

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, his son Mike Groh, and replaced him with Gregg Brandon, who had himself been fired as the head coach at

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. Brandon installed the

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at Virginia. The Cavaliers finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in conference play and failed to qualify for a bowl game. Following the conclusion of the season Virginia dismissed Al Groh as head coach and hired

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as his replacement.

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