Frank Beamer

Head coach, Virginia Tech, 1987 to 2015

College career238-121-2

Titles2conference

Program liftNo. 30tied · of 1,290 tenures since 1937

Now

Report card

Defense carries it: 88th percentile defense, above the median offense at 52nd.

Virginia Tech, every completed season graded against the whole field, then averaged.

Offense

B-

of which —52nd

efficiency — 52nd percentile success rate, 2004–15

C+47th

Standard-downs success

B-59th

Passing-downs success

B-50th

Trench push (line yards)

B+74th

Red-zone scoring rate

C+45th

Power-success (short yardage)

B63rd

Ball security (giveaways per game)

Defense

of which —88th

88th percentile SP+ defense, 2014–15 (SP+ starts 2014)

F0th

Front-7 havoc

B61st

Secondary havoc

A81st

Stuff rate (run defense)

B+70th

Takeaways per game

Each season is his team’s percentile among every team with that stat (the share it beat), averaged over his completed seasons here; a mid-season takeover year and the season in progress aren’t graded. Letters: A+ 90th percentile and up, A 80, B+ 70, B 60, B− 50, C+ 45, C 40, C− 30, D 15, F below.

Stats

Big games

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

33-21 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Dabo Swinney.

Rivalry record

33-21

61.1% · 2 rivals

ATS 2-4 · 6 of 54 had a line

One-score games

54-61-2

46.2% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

16-20

44.4%

Against the spread

17-22

−1.2 pts a game vs. the line

39 of 361 had a line

Rivalry ledger

Virginia20-969%ATS —

Miami13-1252%ATS —

The toughest matchup

vs. Dabo Swinney0-3

3 meetings, 2011–2012

’11 L’11 L’12 L

0% win rate across a real, 3-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.

Performance by opponent class

Dynasty

0-5 0.0%ATS —

Blue Blood

16-15 51.6%ATS —

Power Program

35-36 49.3%ATS —

National Program

82-42 66.1%ATS 9-7 16 of 124

Regional Program

92-22 80.7%ATS 2-10 12 of 114

ATS is his record against the spread: did his team beat the closing betting line, winning by more than it or losing by less? Lines start in 2013; a dash means fewer than 6 of those games had one. One-score games carry no spread record: a big favorite that wins a close game has almost always failed to cover, so that number would say nothing about the coach.

Signature games

22-18 vs. AP top 25 · 5-9 vs. the top 10 · 2004– (no AP data before 2004)

AP-ranked regular-season opponents since 2004, by rank (#1 at top) and year

win loss · higher = higher-ranked opponent · dashed line = top 10

Signature wins

Miami · 2003

31-7

RivalQuality opponent

Miami · 2007

44-14

RivalQuality opponent

Miami · 1999

43-10

RivalQuality opponent

Signature losses

Stanford · 2010

12-40

Bowl/CFP stakes

UCLA · 2013

12-42

Bowl/CFP stakes

Virginia · 1991

0-38

Rival

These losses tie at the model's current max -- an editorial pick among a real tie, not a clean ranking.

Tags describe each game; they aren’t scores. The weighting that picks these games is still being tested.

How he plays

more run-heavy than 87% of FBS coaches →

Run/pass mix, by field position

Called about what the situation called for under every play-caller.

8,255 run and pass snaps at Virginia Tech, 2004–2015, his own games, one row per offensive coordinator. Each cell is how much more often he passed than the rest of FBS did in the same situation (field zone, down, distance, score, quarter, same season), in percentage points. Play-by-play starts in 2004, so his earlier seasons there aren’t in it.

backed upown territorymidfieldopp. territoryred zoneOC unrecorded2004–13+200−4−6Loeffler2014–15−2−1+1+1+6All years2004–15+100−3−4

passed moreran morewithin noise (95% range includes 0)

Pass rate, stint by stint

Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next, against the FBS-wide average of 41% pass. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.

Pass rate — share of offensive plays that were pass attemptsfirst covered seasonmost recent covered seasonfull season-to-season range (3+ covered seasons)

How much that is, against every other stint

Season-to-season pass-rate range for all 449 FBS coaching stints with at least three covered seasons, 2004–2025.

Typical stint7.010.3 median14.8middle half of all stints

Virginia Tech17.1pt#64 of 449 · more than most

Building the roster

Four numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.

1Roster ownership
2Size up front
3Where he recruits
4The NFL pipeline

Roster ownership

100%His own players

of his 2015 roster arrived on his watch — 125 of 125 players. Nobody is left from before he was hired.

This coach's entire tenure (1987-2015) predates 2021, when transfer-portal tracking begins in this database. Portal usage cannot be measured for this tenure at all -- this is not the same as '0% portal'.

“His own” means the player arrived while he was head coach; “inherited” means a predecessor brought him in.

Size up front

−3 lbAgainst the FBS average

Offensive linemen on his Virginia Tech rosters have averaged within a few pounds of the FBS average (2010–2015 rosters on record).

Virginia Tech2010–2015−3 lb

His seasonsMiddle half of FBS coaching runs since 2010

Average listed weight of every offensive lineman on each season’s roster, holdovers included, against every FBS roster that season (2010 on; a program needs 3+ seasons under him to appear). Weights are the ones programs publish, and programs list differently. This describes size only — not scheme, and not quality.

Where he recruits

VATop state

is his biggest recruiting state: 116 of 191 signees (61%) across his 2000–2015 classes on record (his tenure ran 1987–2015), drawn from 15 states in all. Next: FL (14).

Where his signees came from, 2000–2015 (191 high-school, JUCO and prep signees)

73% of his signees come from VA and its 6 border states (MD 12, NC 8, DC 3).

Off this map: 14 signees to the south (FL 14), 4 to the west (CA 2, AR, others) and 1 to the north (NY).

By region

South

164

Northeast

Midwest

West

Feeder school Highland Springs 5

Roster distance from campus (Lane Stadium, VA)

median hometown distance: 204 mi
within 100 mi: 15%
within 500 mi: 91%
beyond 1,000 mi: 3%

123 of 125 roster players with a known hometown (98% coverage)

The map counts signed recruits across his tenure; the distance figures cover his current roster, transfers and walk-ons included. Two different groups, kept separate on purpose.

The NFL pipeline

at least86Drafted

players drafted into the NFL off his teams here (a floor — see the note below). He brought in 7 of them himself. 79 more can’t be traced to who brought them in (no roster record). 8 went in the first round.

At least 86 — the draft class following his 1987, 1995 seasons are missing from this table entirely; and his 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 seasons predate the modern 7-round draft, so this table’s pre-1994 pick counts are a floor, not a full count, for those seasons.

His recruits 7Inherited 0Can’t verify 797 roster-verified · 79 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
2016	R3.21	Kendall Fuller	Cornerback	Washington Redskins
2016	R6.28	Dadi Lhomme Nicolas	Outside Linebacker	Kansas City Chiefs
2015	R6.05	Kyshoen Jarrett	Safety	Washington Redskins
2015	R7.26	Laurence Gibson	Offensive Tackle	Dallas Cowboys
2014	R1.14	Kyle Fuller	Cornerback	Chicago Bears	Estimated
2014	R4.20	Logan Thomas	Quarterback	Arizona Cardinals
2014	R6.06	Antone Exum	Cornerback	Minnesota Vikings	Estimated
2013	R6.03	Corey Fuller	Wide Receiver	Detroit Lions	Estimated

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
2013	R6.05	Vinston Painter	Offensive Tackle	Denver Broncos	Estimated
2012	R1.32	David Wilson	Running Back	New York Giants
2012	R3.31	Jayron Hosley	Cornerback	New York Giants
2012	R5.17	Danny Coale	Wide Receiver	Dallas Cowboys	Estimated
2011	R2.06	Ryan Williams	Running Back	Arizona Cardinals	Estimated
2011	R4.30	Rashad Carmichael	Cornerback	Houston Texans	Estimated
2011	R6.15	Tyrod Taylor	Quarterback	Baltimore Ravens	Estimated
2010	R2.20	Jason Worilds	Outside Linebacker	Pittsburgh Steelers	Estimated
2010	R5.02	Kam Chancellor	Safety	Seattle Seahawks	Estimated
2010	R5.09	Edward Wang	Offensive Tackle	Buffalo Bills	Estimated
2010	R6.03	Brent Bowden	Punter	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Estimated
2010	R7.03	Cody Grimm	Safety	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Estimated
2009	R5.21	Victor Harris	Cornerback	Philadelphia Eagles	Estimated
2008	R1.26	Duane Brown	Offensive Tackle	Houston Texans	Estimated
2008	R2.04	Brandon Flowers	Cornerback	Kansas City Chiefs	Estimated
2008	R2.11	Eddie Royal	Wide Receiver	Denver Broncos	Estimated
2008	R3.09	Chris Ellis	Defensive End	Buffalo Bills	Estimated
2008	R4.19	Xavier Adibi	Outside Linebacker	Houston Texans	Estimated
2008	R5.13	Carlton Powell	Defensive Tackle	Denver Broncos	Estimated
2008	R6.08	Josh Morgan	Wide Receiver	San Francisco 49ers	Estimated
2008	R7.08	Justin Harper	Wide Receiver	Baltimore Ravens	Estimated
2007	R3.25	Aaron Rouse	Defensive Back	Green Bay Packers	Estimated
2007	R5.20	David Clowney	Wide Receiver	Green Bay Packers	Estimated
2007	R5.26	Brandon Frye	Offensive Tackle	Houston Texans	Estimated
2006	R2.05	Jimmy Williams	Defensive Back	Atlanta Falcons	Estimated
2006	R2.31	Darryl Tapp	Defensive End	Seattle Seahawks	Estimated
2006	R3.24	James Anderson	Linebacker	Carolina Panthers	Estimated
2006	R5.22	Jeff King	Tight End	Carolina Panthers	Estimated
2006	R6.08	Jonathan Lewis	Defensive Tackle	Arizona Cardinals	Estimated
2006	R7.14	Justin Hamilton	Defensive Back	Cleveland Browns	Estimated
2006	R7.19	Jimmy Martin	Offensive Tackle	San Diego Chargers	Estimated
2006	R7.26	Will Montgomery	Offensive Guard	Carolina Panthers	Estimated
2006	R7.32	Cedric Humes	Running Back	Pittsburgh Steelers	Estimated
2005	R3.11	Eric Green	Defensive Back	Arizona Cardinals	Estimated
2005	R4.07	Vincent Fuller	Defensive Back	Tennessee Titans	Estimated
2005	R7.03	Jon Dunn	Offensive Tackle	Cleveland Browns	Estimated
2004	R1.08	DeAngelo Hall	Defensive Back	Atlanta Falcons	Estimated
2004	R1.30	Kevin Jones	Running Back	Detroit Lions	Estimated
2004	R2.13	Jake Grove	Center	Oakland Raiders	Estimated
2004	R4.24	Ernest Wilford	Wide Receiver	Jacksonville Jaguars	Estimated
2004	R5.13	Nathaniel Adibi	Defensive End	Pittsburgh Steelers	Estimated
2003	R4.18	Lee Suggs	Running Back	Cleveland Browns	Estimated
2003	R7.38	Willie Pile	Defensive Back	Kansas City Chiefs	Estimated
2002	R2.15	Andre' Davis	Wide Receiver	Cleveland Browns	Estimated
2002	R4.13	Ben Taylor	Linebacker	Cleveland Browns	Estimated
2002	R5.13	Kevin McCadam	Defensive Back	Atlanta Falcons	Estimated
2002	R6.10	David Pugh	Defensive Tackle	Indianapolis Colts	Estimated
2002	R6.39	Bob Slowikowski	Tight End	Dallas Cowboys	Estimated
2002	R7.07	Chad Beasley	Defensive Tackle	Minnesota Vikings	Estimated
2002	R7.13	Derrius Monroe	Defensive End	New Orleans Saints	Estimated
2002	R7.40	Jarrett Ferguson	Running Back	Buffalo Bills	Estimated
2001	R1.01	Michael Vick	Quarterback	Atlanta Falcons	Estimated
2001	R3.29	Cory Bird	Defensive Back	Indianapolis Colts	Estimated
2001	R5.06	Matt Lehr	Center	Dallas Cowboys	Estimated
2000	R2.04	John Engelberger	Defensive End	San Francisco 49ers	Estimated
2000	R2.21	Ike Charlton	Defensive Back	Seattle Seahawks	Estimated
2000	R3.27	Corey Moore	Linebacker	Buffalo Bills	Estimated
2000	R5.05	Anthony Midget	Defensive Back	Atlanta Falcons	Estimated
2000	R7.37	Shyrone Stith	Running Back	Jacksonville Jaguars	Estimated
1999	R4.15	Pierson Prioleau	Defensive Back	San Francisco 49ers	Estimated
1999	R5.32	Derek Smith	Offensive Tackle	Washington Redskins	Estimated
1998	R4.12	Todd Washington	Center	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Estimated
1998	R4.17	Gennaro DiNapoli	Offensive Guard	Oakland Raiders	Estimated
1998	R7.12	Ken Oxendine	Running Back	Atlanta Falcons	Estimated
1998	R7.13	Marcus Parker	Running Back	Cincinnati Bengals	Estimated
1997	R1.26	Jim Druckenmiller	Quarterback	San Francisco 49ers	Estimated
1997	R2.19	Torrian Gray	Defensive Back	Minnesota Vikings	Estimated
1997	R4.17	Antonio Banks	Defensive Back	Minnesota Vikings	Estimated
1997	R6.31	Cornell Brown	Linebacker	Baltimore Ravens	Estimated
1995	R3.26	Antonio Freeman	Wide Receiver	Green Bay Packers	Estimated
1995	R4.26	Ken Brown	Linebacker	Denver Broncos	Estimated
1994	R2.33	Tyronne Drakeford	Defensive Back	San Francisco 49ers	Estimated
1994	R4.18	John Burke	Tight End	New England Patriots	Estimated
1994	R7.06	Jim Pyne	Center	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Estimated
1992	R1.13	Eugene Chung	Offensive Tackle	New England Patriots	Estimated
1992	R4.23	Will Furrer	Quarterback	Chicago Bears	Estimated
1992	R6.11	Damien Russell	Defensive Back	San Francisco 49ers	Estimated
1992	R7.19	William Boatwright	Offensive Guard	Philadelphia Eagles	Estimated

A pick counts toward his tenure when the player’s final college season was one he coached, a checkable rule rather than a claim about who developed the player. A blank note means the player is on a verified roster and arrived on his watch. “Estimated” means no roster record, so the final season is assumed to be the year before the draft.

Career

Coaching career

2 conference titles

See Virginia Tech’s full coaching history →

The arc of his career is on Now.

Transformer raised the program into the sport's top tier, or higher within it

1987–2015

Virginia Tech Transformer

National Program II → Power Program I (left at Power Program II)

Closest comparable run: Greg Schiano’s Rutgers run (2001–2011, 2020–now)

Frank Beamer took Virginia Tech from National Program II to Power Program I.

+27.9 pts over 29 seasons · top 11% of 10+-season tenures (202 in sample)

1st-best Virginia Tech tenure of 16 by the numbers.

Followed Bill Dooley (1978–1986) · succeeded by Justin Fuente (2016–2021).

System Shift, on departure

Season	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Record & result
Record	2-9	3-8	6-4-1	6-5	5-6	2-8-1	9-3	8-4	10-2	10-2	7-5	9-3	11-1	11-1	8-4	10-4	8-5	10-3	11-2	10-3	11-3	10-4	10-3	11-3	11-3	7-6	8-5	7-6	7-6
Postseason	—	—	—	—	—	—	W bowl	L bowl	W bowl	L bowl	L bowl	W bowl	L bowl	W bowl	L bowl	W bowl	L bowl	L bowl	W bowl	L bowl	L bowl	W bowl	W bowl	L bowl	L bowl	W bowl	L bowl	W bowl	W bowl
Coordinators
OC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Scot Loeffler	Scot Loeffler
DC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Bud Foster	Bud Foster
Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile
Offense	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	72	85	9	49	43	83	80	51	4	33	9	46
Defense	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	99	75	99	89	96	60	53	90	100	96	93	50
Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script
1st-down pass%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	30.3	33.8	39.0	35.9	31.5	25.9	35.2	38.2	44.9	37.5	41.6	39.0
Red-zone pass%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	32.5	19.7	32.1	24.3	16.3	22.0	29.5	27.3	26.7	31.4	44.2	41.3
4th-down go%opp. territory	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10.3	23.8	13.8	11.9	23.1	17.6	20.5	28.2	31.9	28.6	17.8	18.8

Recruiter or developer?

Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.

Offense vs. talent

-11.9 pts

#156 of 208 · middle half

Defense vs. talent

-7.4 pts

#136 of 208 · middle half

Recruiting talent is team-wide (no offense/defense split exists in the source data) -- both sides are scored against the same talent input, only the outcome is side-specific.

Where the roster comes from, by position

Grows Kicker from high school

100%

#52 of 56 stints

Grows Tight end from high school

100%

#164 of 188 stints

Postseason detail1993: Beat Indiana 45-20 Bowl1994: Lost to Tennessee 23-45 Bowl1995: Beat Texas 28-10 Bowl1996: Lost to Nebraska 21-41 Bowl1997: Lost to North Carolina 3-42 Bowl1998: Beat Alabama 38-7 Bowl1999: Lost to Florida State 29-46 Bowl2000: Beat Clemson 41-20 Bowl2001: Lost to Florida State 17-30 Bowl2002: Beat Air Force 20-13 Bowl2003: Lost to California 49-52 Bowl2004: Lost to Auburn 13-16 Sugar Bowl2005: Beat Louisville 35-24 Toyota Gator Bowl2006: Lost to Georgia 24-31 Bowl2007: Lost to Kansas 21-24 Bowl2008: Beat Cincinnati 20-7 Fedex Orange Bowl2009: Beat Tennessee 37-14 Bowl2010: Lost to Stanford 12-40 Discover Orange Bowl2011: Lost to Michigan 20-23 Allstate Sugar Bowl2012: Beat Rutgers 13-10 Russell Athletic Bowl2013: Lost to UCLA 12-42 Hyundai Sun Bowl2014: Beat Cincinnati 33-17 Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman2015: Beat Tulsa 55-52 Camping World Independence Bowl

238-121-2

All-time wins

Wins at programs this site tracks, 1936–present — one consistent count for every coach, not each program’s own historically reported total.

9th all-time in FBS wins

Was he good?

The data leans positive, where the data can separate from zero: every conclusive reading points the same way.

Raised the program

+27.9 pts at Virginia Tech · #30 of 1290 · top quarter

Beat his talent

Offense vs. talent

-11.9 pts

#156 of 208 · middle half · 1 covered season

Defense vs. talent

-7.4 pts

#136 of 208 · middle half · 1 covered season

His own effect, isolated?

Offense marginal impact

-0.04

not distinguishable from zero

Defense marginal impact

-0.04

not distinguishable from zero

Model fit as of 2026-09-04.

Frank Beamer

Now

Career arc

Report card

Offense

Defense

Fans

Stats

Big games

The big-game ledger

Signature games

How he plays

Run/pass mix, by field position

Building the roster

Roster ownership

Size up front

Where he recruits

The NFL pipeline

News

Career

Coaching career

All-time wins

Was he good?