Virginia Squires

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Virginia Squires
Conference	None
Division	Eastern Division
Founded	1967
History	Oakland Oaks 1967–1969 Washington Caps 1969–1970 Virginia Squires 1970–1976
Arena	Norfolk Scope Hampton Coliseum Richmond Coliseum Roanoke Civic Center (1971–72) Old Dominion University Fieldhouse (1970–71) Richmond Arena (1970–71)
Location	Norfolk, Virginia Hampton, Virginia Richmond, Virginia Roanoke, Virginia
Team colors	1970–74: Red, White & Blue       1974–75: Orange, Seal Brown & White       1975–76: Blue and Orange
Head coach	Al Bianchi (1970–1975) Mack Calvin (1975) Bill Musselman (1975–1976) Jack Ankerson (1976) Zelmo Beaty (1976)
Ownership	Earl Foreman 1970–1975
Division titles	1 (1971)
Home Away Third

The Virginia Squires were a basketball team based in Norfolk, Virginia, and playing in several other Virginia cities. They were members of the American Basketball Association from 1970 to 1976.

The team originated in 1967 as the Oakland Oaks, an ABA charter franchise based in Oakland, California. They moved to Washington, D.C. as the Washington Caps in 1969 but moved to Norfolk the following year, becoming the Squires. A regional team, they played home games in Richmond, Hampton, and Roanoke as well as Norfolk. The team folded in 1976, just a month before the ABA–NBA merger.