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Encyclopedia > Frank Beamer
Frank Beamer

Title Head coach
College Virginia Tech
Sport Football
Team record 164-85-2
Born October 18, 1946 (1946-10-18) (age 61)
Place of birth Mount Airy, North Carolina
Career highlights
Overall 208-108-4
Bowls 6-9
Coaching stats
College Football DataWarehouse
Championships
3 Big East Conference
(1995, 1996, 1999)
2 ACC Championship
(2004, 2007)
Awards
9 Coach of the Year Awards (See Awards)
2004 Humanitarian Award
Playing career
1966-69 Virginia Tech
Position Cornerback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1972 (GA)
1973-76 (DL)
1977-78 (DC)
1979-80 (DC)
1981-86
1987-present
Maryland
The Citadel
The Citadel
Murray State
Murray State
Virginia Tech

Frank Beamer (b. October 18, 1946 in Mount Airy, North Carolina) is the current head coach of the Virginia Tech college football program. Image File history File links Frank_Beamer. ... The head coach in sports coaching is the coach who is in charge of the other coaches. ... This List of colleges and universities in the United States includes colleges and universities in the U.S. that grant four-year baccalaureate and/or post-graduate masters and doctorate degrees. ... Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, better known as Virginia Tech, is a public land grant polytechnic university in Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S. Although it is a comprehensive university with many departments, the agriculture, engineering, architecture, forestry, and veterinary medicine programs from its historical polytechnic core are still considered to... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mount Airy is a city in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. ... The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of seventeen universities in the northeastern, southeastern and midwestern United States. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the oldest collegiate athletic leagues in the United States. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... For corner back, the Gaelic football and hurling position, see Gaelic football and Hurling positions . ... The head coach in sports coaching is the coach who is in charge of the other coaches. ... A teaching assistant (TA) is a junior scholar employed on a temporary contract by a college or university in teaching related responsibilities. ... Defensive end is the name of a defensive position in the sport of American football. ... A defensive coordinator typically refers to a coach on a football team in the National Football League (or at other levels of American football) who is in charge of the defense. ... University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (also known as UM, UMD, or UMCP) is a public coeducational university situated in suburban College Park, Maryland just outside Washington, D.C. The flagship institution of the University System of Maryland, the university is most often referred to... The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, is a state-supported, comprehensive college located in Charleston, South Carolina. ... Murray State University, located in the town of Murray in Kentuckys far-western Jackson Purchase in the United States, is an approximately 10,000-student, four-year public university. ... Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, better known as Virginia Tech, is a public land grant polytechnic university in Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S. Although it is a comprehensive university with many departments, the agriculture, engineering, architecture, forestry, and veterinary medicine programs from its historical polytechnic core are still considered to... is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mount Airy is a city in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. ... The head coach in sports coaching is the coach who is in charge of the other coaches. ... Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, better known as Virginia Tech, is a public land grant polytechnic university in Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S. Although it is a comprehensive university with many departments, the agriculture, engineering, architecture, forestry, and veterinary medicine programs from its historical polytechnic core are still considered to... This article covers college football played in the United States. ...


Beamer grew up in Hillsville, Virginia where he earned 11 varsity letters in high school as a three-sport athlete in football, basketball, and baseball. He then attended Virginia Tech and was a starting cornerback for three years on the football team, playing in the 1966 and 1968 Liberty Bowls. He graduated in 1969 and then attended Radford University for graduate school while serving as an assistant football coach at Radford High School. Hillsville is a town located in Carroll County, Virginia, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,607. ... A varsity letter (or monogram) is an award earned in the United States by regular participation or excellence in a school sport. ... For corner back, the Gaelic football and hurling position, see Gaelic football and Hurling positions . ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the stadium, see Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. ... Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Radford University is a medium-size public, state-funded university in the City of Radford, in Southwestern Virginia, founded in 1910 as a womens college and coeducational since 1972. ...

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Coaching

Beamer's college coaching experience began in 1972 as a graduate assistant for the University of Maryland, College Park. After one season, he became an assistant coach at The Citadel under Bobby Ross. He spent seven seasons at The Citadel, with the last two as the defensive coordinator. He moved on to become the defensive coordinator at Murray State University in 1979 under Mike Gottfried. After two seasons, he was promoted to Head Coach and spent six seasons as the Head Coach at Murray State, compiling a record of 42-23-2. In 1987, Beamer was hired as Head Coach at Virginia Tech. Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The University of Maryland, College Park (also known as UM, UMD, or UMCP) is a public university located in the city of College Park, in Prince Georges County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C., in the United States. ... The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, is a state-supported, comprehensive college located in Charleston, South Carolina. ... Robert Joseph Ross (December 23, 1936, Richmond, Virginia) is the current head coach of the United States Military Academy football team. ... A defensive coordinator typically refers to a coach on a football team in the National Football League (or at other levels of American football) who is in charge of the defense. ... Murray State University, located in the town of Murray in Kentuckys far-western Jackson Purchase in the United States, is an approximately 10,000-student, four-year public university. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ...


Beamer took over a Hokies football program that was largely unsuccessful in its first century, reaching only six bowl games in that time span. Beamer has since built the Hokies into a perennially ranked team. In 19 years at the helm of VT, his overall record is 156-82-2. His teams have made 15 consecutive bowl appearances but Beamer has gone 6-9 in those 15 bowls. He also has a record of 0-3 in BCS Bowls. Besides his less than stellar record in bowl games, he's also struggled against top ten teams; going 6-27 against top ten schools since he took over the Tech job in 1987. A bowl game is a post-season college football game, typically at the Division I-A level. ...


During his tenure as coach, the program has evolved from independent status to a member of the Big East Conference to a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. His teams have won three Big East Championships and two ACC Championships. The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of seventeen universities in the northeastern, southeastern and midwestern United States. ... The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the oldest collegiate athletic leagues in the United States. ...


He won Big East Coach of the Year awards in 1995, 1996, and 1999. In 1999, he won consensus National Coach of the Year honors when he led Virginia Tech to an undefeated regular season and appearance in the National Championship game against Florida State. Beamer was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year in 2004, his first year competing in the league. He repeated as ACC Coach of the Year in 2005 while leading his team to the ACC Coastal Division title and an appearance in the inaugural ACC Championship game. Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... Florida State University Seal Florida State University is a public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, known for its programs in fine arts, education, public administration & policy, information studies, international affairs, music, criminology, and nursing. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl Rank#
Murray State Racers (Ohio Valley) (1981 – 1986)
1981 Murray State 8-3-0
1982 Murray State 4-7-0
1983 Murray State 7-4-0
1984 Murray State 9-2-0
1985 Murray State 7-3-1
1986 Murray State 7-4-1 1st
Murray State: 42-23-2
Virginia Tech Hokies (Independent) (1987 – 1990)
1987 Virginia Tech 2-9-0
1988 Virginia Tech 3-8-0
1989 Virginia Tech 6-4-1
1990 Virginia Tech 6-5-0
Virginia Tech Hokies (Big East) (1991 – 2003)
1991 Virginia Tech 5-6-0
1992 Virginia Tech 2-8-1
1993 Virginia Tech 9-3-0 4-3 4th W Independence 20
1994 Virginia Tech 8-4-0 5-2 2nd L Gator 24
1995 Virginia Tech 10-2-0 6-1 1st W Sugar 9
1996 Virginia Tech 10-2-0 6-1 1st L Orange 12
1997 Virginia Tech 7-5-0 5-2 2nd L Gator
1998 Virginia Tech 9-3-0 5-2 3rd W Music City 19
1999 Virginia Tech 11-1-0 7-0 1st L Sugar 3
2000 Virginia Tech 11-1-0 6-1 2nd W Gator 6
2001 Virginia Tech 8-4-0 4-3 3rd L Gator 18
2002 Virginia Tech 10-4-0 6-1 4th W San Francisco 14
2003 Virginia Tech 8-5-0 4-3 4th L Insight
Virginia Tech Hokies (ACC) (2004 — present)
2004 Virginia Tech 10-3-0 7-1 1st L Sugar 10
2005 Virginia Tech 11-2-0 7-2 1st - Coastal W Gator 7
2006 Virginia Tech 10-3-0 6-2 2nd - Coastal L Chick-Fil-A 18
2007 Virginia Tech 11-3-0 8-1 1st L Orange 3
Virginia Tech: 164-85-2
Total: 208-108-4
      National Championship         Conference Title         Conference Division Title
Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season.

Murray State University, located in the town of Murray in Kentuckys far-western Jackson Purchase in the United States, is an approximately 10,000-student, four-year public university. ... Virginia Tech sponsors 18 sports and competes at the NCAA Division I level. ... Virginia Tech sponsors 18 sports and competes at the NCAA Division I level. ... For the stadium, see Gator Bowl Stadium. ... The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... The Orange Bowl is an annual college football game that is usually played on January 1 in the Miami, Florida metro area, in the United States. ... For the stadium, see Gator Bowl Stadium. ... The Music City Bowl is a post-season American college football bowl game certified by the NCAA that has been played in Nashville, Tennessee, since 1998. ... The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... For the stadium, see Gator Bowl Stadium. ... For the stadium, see Gator Bowl Stadium. ... The Emerald Bowl is a major post-season college football bowl game certified by the NCAA that has been played annually at 40,800-seat SBC Park (home of the San Francisco Giants) in San Francisco, California, since 2002. ... The Insight Bowl is an NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A post-season American college football bowl game played in Arizona since 1989. ... Virginia Tech sponsors 18 sports and competes at the NCAA Division I level. ... The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the oldest collegiate athletic leagues in the United States. ... The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... For the stadium, see Gator Bowl Stadium. ... The Chick-fil-A Bowl, formerly called the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, and before that simply (and perhaps more familiarly) called the Peach Bowl, is an annual college football bowl game played in Atlanta, Georgia since December 1968. ... The Orange Bowl is an annual college football game that is usually played on January 1 in the Miami, Florida metro area, in the United States. ... The USA Today Coaches Poll is the current name for a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I-A college football and Division I college basketball teams. ...

Beamerball

During the 'Beamer Era' at Virginia Tech, putting points on the scoreboard has become a full team effort - offensive, defensive and special teams. Often when the team scores one or more non-offensive touchdowns, the style of play is described as Beamerball. Since Beamer's first season in 1987, a player at every position on the defensive unit has scored at least one touchdown. And at least 25 different players have scored touchdowns while on Tech's special teams.[citation needed] Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, better known as Virginia Tech, is a public land grant polytechnic university in Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S. Although it is a comprehensive university with many departments, the agriculture, engineering, architecture, forestry, and veterinary medicine programs from its historical polytechnic core are still considered to... Special teams are units in American football and Canadian football that are on the field during kickoffs, free kicks, punts, and field goal and extra point attempts. ... Special teams are units in American football and Canadian football that are on the field during kickoffs, free kicks, punts, and field goal and extra point attempts. ...


Personal life

Beamer is married and has two children, Shane and Casey. Shane played football at Virginia Tech and was a member of the 1999 team that advanced to the National Championship. As of February 2007, Shane is the new special teams coach at the University of South Carolina. The University of South Carolina, Columbia (USC, SC, or Carolina) is a public, co-educational, research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. ...


Awards

Frank Beamer takes the field with the 2007 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
Frank Beamer takes the field with the 2007 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

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Quotes

  • "There's a certain culture they have up there, they are all grounded kids and we want to have that same kind of culture here"--Then-Atlanta Falcons head coach Jim Mora on Beamer's program.

Jim Mora is the former head coach of the Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars, New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts. ...

Trivia

  • Beamer was featured on one of the EA Sports announcements on NCAA Football 07.

NCAA Football 07 is a collegiate football video game published by Electronic Arts. ...

External links

  • Official Biography
  • Virginia Tech Hall of Fame
Preceded by
Bill Dooley
Virginia Tech Head Football Coach
1987
Succeeded by
Current
Preceded by
Bill Snyder
Paul "Bear" Bryant Award
1999
Succeeded by
Bob Stoops
Preceded by
Bill Snyder
Walter Camp Coach of the Year
1999
Succeeded by
Bob Stoops
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the oldest collegiate athletic leagues in the United States. ... Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, better known as Virginia Tech, is a public land grant polytechnic university in Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S. Although it is a comprehensive university with many departments, the agriculture, engineering, architecture, forestry, and veterinary medicine programs from its historical polytechnic core are still considered to... Robert Bowden (born November 8, 1929 in Birmingham, Alabama), better known as Bobby Bowden, is the current head college football coach of the Florida State University Seminoles. ... Florida State University (commonly referred to as Florida State or FSU)[8] is a public research university located in Tallahassee. ... Tommy Bowden (born July 10, 1954 in Birmingham, Alabama) is the head football coach at the Clemson University. ... Clemson University is a public, coeducational, land-grant, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States. ... Paul Hilton Butch Davis, Jr. ... The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public, coeducational, research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. ... Paul Johnson is the head coach of football at the United States Naval Academy. ... The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly known as Georgia Tech, is a public, coeducational research university, part of the University System of Georgia, and located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, with satellite campuses in Savannah, Georgia, Metz, France, Shanghai, China, and Singapore. ... Jim Grobe (b. ... Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. ... Al Groh (born July 13, 1944 in New York City, New York) is the current head coach of the University of Virginia college football team and the former head coach of the New York Jets of the NFL. Groh has over 38 years of professional and collegiate coaching experience; This... The University of Virginia (also called U.Va. ... Jeff Jagodzinski is an American football coach, currently serving as the head coach of the Boston College football team. ... For similarly-named academic institutions, see Education in Boston, MA. Boston College (BC) is a private university located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, in the New England region of the United States. ... Ralph Harry Friedgen (b. ... The University of Maryland, College Park (also known as UM, UMD, or UMCP) is a public university located in the city of College Park, in Prince Georges County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C., in the United States. ... Jorts (born October 5, 1948), is an American college football coach. ... North Carolina State University is a public, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. ... David Cutcliffe, former head football coach at the University of Mississippi David Cutcliffe (born September 16, 1954) is the offensive coordinator for the University of Tennessee Volunteers and the former head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels. ... Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. ... Randy Lannard Shannon (born February 24, 1966 in Miami, Florida) is the former head football coach of the University of Miami Hurricanes. ... This article is about the university in Coral Gables, Florida. ...

  Results from FactBites:
 
Frank Beamer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (673 words)
Beamer's college coaching experience began in 1972 as a graduate assistant for the University of Maryland, College Park.
Beamer took over the Hokies football program that was largely unsuccessful in its first century, reaching only six bowl games in that time span.
Beamer was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year in 2004, his first year competing in the league.
hokiesports.com - Football (2213 words)
Beamer, who was the consensus national coach of the year in 1999, may have done his best coaching job in 2004, guiding a young Tech team that was picked to finish sixth in the ACC to a league title and a BCS Bowl.
Beamer was one of the keynote speakers at the American Football Coaches Association Convention in 2000, and in April, 2001, he joined former Prime Minister of Great Britain, Lady Margaret Thatcher, as one of the featured speakers at SUCCESS 2001, one of the nation's most popular business seminars.
Beamer is married to the former Cheryl Oakley of Richmond, Va. They have two children, Shane, a former member of his dad's football team at Tech and now an assistant at Mississippi State; and daughter Casey, a 2003 graduate of Virginia Tech.
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