Frank Beamer
Beamer in 2016 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Special Assistant to AD |
| Team | Virginia Tech |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 18, 1946 Mount Airy, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1966–1968 | Virginia Tech |
| Position(s) | Cornerback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1972 | Maryland (GA) |
| 1973–1976 | The Citadel (DL) |
| 1977–1978 | The Citadel (DC) |
| 1979–1980 | Murray State (DC) |
| 1981–1986 | Murray State |
| 1987–2015 | Virginia Tech |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2016–present | Virginia Tech (special assistant to the AD) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 280–144–4 |
| Bowls | 11–12 |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 OVC (1986) 3 Big East (1995, 1996, 1999) 4 ACC (2004, 2007, 2008, 2010) 5 ACC Coastal Division (2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011) | |
| Awards | |
| AFCA Coach of the Year (1999) Associated Press Coach of the Year (1999) Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award (1999) Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1999) George Munger Award (1999) Woody Hayes Trophy Coach of the Year (1999) Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (1999) Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (1999) Joseph V. Paterno Coach of the Year Award (2010) 3× Big East Coach of the Year (1995, 1996, 1999) 2× ACC Coach of the Year (2004, 2005) Paul “Bear” Bryant Lifetime Achievement Award (2019) College Football 150's Top 25 Coaches in Bowl History (2019) Virginia Tech Hokies No. 25 retired | |
| College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 2018 | |
Franklin Mitchell Beamer (born October 18, 1946) is an American former college football player and coach, most notably for the Virginia Tech Hokies.
Beamer was a defensive cornerback for Virginia Tech from 1966 to 1968. He began coaching as a graduate assistant at the University of Maryland in 1972, and was the head football coach at Murray State University from 1981 to 1986. He became the head football coach at Virginia Tech in 1987, where he stayed for the remainder of his coaching career until 2015,. He was one of the longest tenured active coaches in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and was the winningest active coach at that level at the time of his retirement. Upon retiring, Beamer accepted a position as special assistant to the Virginia Tech athletic director, where he focuses on athletic development and advancement. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2018.