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 think what you have is a dynamic quarterback that has the ability to beat you running or beat you throwing. Pretty good guy. Pretty good quarterback.
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I think he's got the ability to do it. Now does he have the experience to do it? We'll see.
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I think he takes pride in sitting in there and throwing the football, ... But people that have the ability that he has ? Michael and Marcus ? they've got to take off when they feel the need to take off. That's what he does.
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I'm proud that we demonstrated to the ACC that we were a good pick. We've got the ability to be a good program for them. I think they knew that, but I think a lot of people didn't think we were going to be that this year.
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He's not just a big back. He's a big back who has that breakaway ability. He's really quick and a great athlete.
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It's all a bunch of young guys there and it's another indication that this is a tremendously important spring practice. Wheeler and Wang both have got ability and toughness, but they just don't have the experience.
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And Brown has great feet for a kid his size. He's going to be challenged now. I think he's got the athletic ability to do it, but does he have enough experience to do it? We'll see.
I thought we got after it pretty good.
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I thought that thing hit the ground. I'm getting old. My eyesight's not very good, but I thought the thing hit the ground. They came back and gave him the interception. I'm sure it was the right call. It's good we've got replay.
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I think we're going to have to change how we do that. Great offensive linemen are hard to find and can be hard to sign, but you need them. You can't just count on finding them anymore.
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I think we have good coaches and good players in this state. We've really made an effort to re- cruit well in the state. I think the records would show that we have, particularly in the last few years. You look at our roster and it is further proof that we are winning with a lot of Virginia kids.
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I think we've proven over the years we can compete at that level. We know how to be good, it's just a matter of playing with focus.
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I think we've got to help him out some, sometimes with formations and sometimes with backs, ... Whether it's Duane or someone else, you've got to give them some help.
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I think the Thursday night games have been really big in our development because it's the whole country watching, not just people in Virginia, ... I think they're big. If you can play well, they're a tremendous recruiting advantage. If you're playing on Saturday, you're competing against five games in your time slot. If you're playing on Thursday night, there's not much else on TV.