 Things did not go well for the Cavaliers in his first season at UVA however, as the team finished 2–10, last place in the ACC, and he did not coach in a bowl game for the first time in his entire career.This 2–10 record matched UVA's record in 2013, which was itself the worst for the program since 1981.Though it was Mendenhall's first season at the helm, it was the program's fifth consecutive losing season.