Frank Beamer

Frank Beamer
Frank Mitchell Beameris a retired American college football coach, most notably for the Virginia Tech Hokies, and former college football player. Beamer was a cornerback for Virginia Tech from 1966 to 1968. His coaching experience began in 1972, and from 1981 to 1986 Beamer served as the head football coach at Murray State University. He then went on to become the head football coach at Virginia Tech from 1987 until his final game in 2015. He was one of the...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth18 October 1946
CityMount Airy, NC
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I've really been pleased with Nic Schmitt. He's kicking in a good rhythm, kicking the ball quickly. He's getting great distance and hang time.
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Personal fouls, sloppy plays and penalties, that's not us. I'm glad we came back and played like us in the second half. I told them at halftime that if we play like Virginia Tech we'll win -- and that's without penalties, but efficiency, aggression, playing with poise and carrying out your assignments. Louisville did a great job. We were lucky to win. We played more like Virginia Tech in the second half and I was proud of that. We gave great effort.
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Vick was a great team leader tonight and played with poise.
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We got back to Virginia Tech football in the second half. We knocked off the penalties and played good, tough football ... I thought our kids gave great effort and kept battling, and I'm proud of that.
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Marcus is a good person. He made some questionable judgments, but as far as working hard to get back and making this a successful ending, he's done everything that we've asked and has had a great summer of preparation and a great preseason of preparation.
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I think he's lost a little weight, and, boy, he's running the ball great right now.
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You kind of find out a lot about people when your backs are against the wall and people aren't saying nice things about you, people trash you a bit on TV, ... To come back and perform like we did against a great football team is a great win for the program. Exactly how big depends on what we do next week and the week after that.
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I think Glennon does have a little bit of an edge. It's an open thing and we want to see some good competition. I think all our quarterbacks bring something to the table. It should be a great competition.
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He's a guy we can really count on. He plays the same way, whether it's on national TV, regional TV or no TV. He's just solid as a rock. I think he's got a great future.
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I am very appreciative to the university for allowing me to finish my coaching career at Virginia Tech. This is the only place I want to coach, and it's a great place to coach because of the administration and our great fan support.
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I wouldn't say there's no chance ... I would want him to make that decision, and I'd want him to feel great about playing.
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We've got a lot of great memories here,
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You can look at the history and there have been some great games, some great players, but I don't think that has anything to do with what happens Saturday night. It's just get your helmet on tight and let's go.
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We were well prepared and ready to play, but they played great and we just couldn't quite get going.