Frank Beamer
Followed Bill Dooley. Frank Beamer took Virginia Tech from National Program II to Power Program I.
Career arc
His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.
Reached Power Program in his 10th career season — faster than 7% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #356 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).
Style position and drift
Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.
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.
His own effect, isolated
A statistical estimate of this coach’s contribution to team performance, separated from that season’s roster talent, returning production, and his coordinators — pooled across his whole head-coaching career.
Model fit as of 2026-09-04.
Coaching career
1st-best Virginia Tech tenure of 16 by the numbers.
Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Bill Dooley (1978–1986) · succeeded by Justin Fuente (2016–2021).
| 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 | Trend |
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| Record & result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record | 2–9 | 3–8 | 6–4 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 2–8 | 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 | W bowl | |
| Recruiting rank | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | #28 | #29 | |
| Style — pass rate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pass rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47.4 | 42.0 | |
| Coordinators | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| OC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Scot Loeffler | Scot Loeffler | |
| DC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bud Foster | Bud Foster | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Offense | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 46 | |
| Defense | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 93 | 50 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41.6 | 39.0 | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44.2 | 41.3 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17.8 | 18.8 | |
86 NFL Draft picks: Eugene Chung (1992), Will Furrer (1992), Damien Russell (1992), William Boatwright (1992), Tyronne Drakeford (1994), John Burke (1994), Jim Pyne (1994), Antonio Freeman (1995) + 78 more