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Frank Beamer

1987-2015 • Virginia Tech

One defining program at Virginia Tech.

Frank Beamer's coaching record is 238-121-2, highlighted by seasons at Virginia Tech from 1987 to 2015.

Frank Beamer coached 29 seasons, won 66.2%, and posted an average SRS of 11.0. Best season: 1999 Virginia Tech. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.

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Career record
238-121-2
Career win rate
66.2%
Average SRS
11.0
Peak SRS
24.5

Career Dossier

One glance at the full arc.

The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.

Seasons coached
29
Career span
29 years
Best finish
#2
Consistency
39.0

Primary school anchor

Virginia Tech

Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 91.9.

Quick Answers

Records fans search first

Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.

Compare Frank Beamer
Overall record
238-121-2

361 countable games, 66.2% win rate.

Virginia Tech record
238-121-2

29 countable seasons at Virginia Tech.

Full-season record
238-121-2

29 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.

Vs AP Top 25
42-53-1

96 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
7-28

35 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
1-17

18 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs Virginia
20-9

Virginia-Virginia Tech games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
11-12

23 scored postseason games in this dataset.

CFP record
0-0

0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.

National titles
0

Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.

Record definition and data status

Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.

Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.

Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Dec 26, 2015. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.

Career Arc

Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.

Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.

Frank Beamer
EliteStrongAverageLean
1987Actual season year • SRS range -3.0 to 24.52015

Active comparison point

Frank Beamer • 1999

Selected

1999 Virginia Tech

Best season

11-1 • SRS 24.5 • SP Overall 28.2

Win %

91.7%

YoY SRS

+5.9

SP Off / Def

45.0 / 19.4

Finish

#2

Comparison context

Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.

Ranked opponent record

Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.

Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

42-53-1

Games
96
Win rate
44.3%

Top 10

7-28

Games
35
Win rate
20.0%

Top 5

1-17

Games
18
Win rate
5.6%
View ranked game results96
2015 Regular Week 12Virginia TechNorth Carolina#12L27-30
2015 Regular Week 8Virginia TechDuke#23L43-45
2014 Regular Week 12Virginia TechDuke#19W17-16
2014 Regular Week 2Virginia TechOhio State#8W35-21
2013 Regular Week 11Virginia TechMiami#14W42-24
2013 Postseason Week 1Virginia TechUCLA#16L12-42
2012 Regular Week 11Virginia TechFlorida State#8L22-28
2012 Regular Week 8Virginia TechClemson#14L17-38
2011 Regular Week 14Virginia TechClemson#21L10-38
2011 Regular Week 13Virginia TechVirginia#24W38-0
2011 Regular Week 11Virginia TechGeorgia Tech#20W37-26
2011 Regular Week 5Virginia TechClemson#13L3-23
2011 Postseason Week 1Virginia TechMichigan#12L20-23
2010 Regular Week 14Virginia TechFlorida State#20W44-33
2010 Regular Week 12Virginia TechMiami#24W31-17
2010 Regular Week 5Virginia TechNC State#23W41-30
2010 Postseason Week 1Virginia TechStanford#4L12-40
2009 Regular Week 7Virginia TechGeorgia Tech#19L23-28
2009 Regular Week 4Virginia TechMiami#9W31-7
2009 Regular Week 3Virginia TechNebraska#19W16-15
2008 Regular Week 15Virginia TechBoston College#18W30-12
2008 Regular Week 11Virginia TechMaryland#23W23-13
2008 Regular Week 9Virginia TechFlorida State#24L20-30
2008 Postseason Week 1Virginia TechCincinnati#17W20-7
2007 Regular Week 14Virginia TechBoston College#12W30-16
2007 Regular Week 13Virginia TechVirginia#16W33-21
2007 Regular Week 9Virginia TechBoston College#2L10-14
2007 Regular Week 6Virginia TechClemson#22W41-23
2007 Regular Week 2Virginia TechLSU#2L7-48
2007 Postseason Week 1Virginia TechKansas#7L21-24
2006 Regular Week 12Virginia TechWake Forest#14W27-6
2006 Regular Week 9Virginia TechClemson#10W24-7
2006 Regular Week 5Virginia TechGeorgia Tech#24L27-38
2006 Postseason Week 1Virginia TechGeorgia#23L24-31
2005 Regular Week 14Virginia TechFlorida State#22L22-27
2005 Regular Week 10Virginia TechMiami#5L7-27
2005 Regular Week 9Virginia TechBoston College#13W30-10
2005 Regular Week 4Virginia TechGeorgia Tech#15W51-7
2005 Postseason Week 1Virginia TechLouisville#19W35-24
2004 Regular Week 15Virginia TechMiami#9W16-10
2004 Regular Week 14Virginia TechVirginia#16W24-10
2004 Regular Week 6Virginia TechWest Virginia#6W19-13
2004 Postseason Week 1Virginia TechAuburn#2L13-16
2003 Regular Week 12Virginia TechPittsburgh#25L28-31
2003 Regular Week 11Virginia TechMiami#2W31-7
2002 Regular Week 16Virginia TechMiami#1L45-56
2002 Regular Week 5Virginia TechTexas A&M#19W13-3
2002 Regular Week 4Virginia TechMarshall#16W47-21
2002 Regular Week 2Virginia TechLSU#14W26-8
2001 Regular Week 15Virginia TechMiami#1L24-26
2001 Postseason Week 1Virginia TechFlorida State#24L17-30
2000 Regular Week 11Virginia TechMiami#3L21-41
2000 Postseason Week 1Virginia TechClemson#16W41-20
1999 Regular Week 14Virginia TechBoston College#22W38-14
1999 Regular Week 12Virginia TechMiami#19W43-10
1999 Regular Week 8Virginia TechSyracuse#16W62-0
1999 Regular Week 6Virginia TechVirginia#24W31-7
1999 Postseason Week 1Virginia TechFlorida State#1L29-46
1998 Regular Week 14Virginia TechVirginia#14L32-36
1998 Regular Week 12Virginia TechSyracuse#24L26-28
1997 Regular Week 10Virginia TechWest Virginia#21L17-30
1997 Postseason Week 1Virginia TechNorth Carolina#6L3-42
1996 Regular Week 15Virginia TechVirginia#20W26-9
1996 Regular Week 14Virginia TechWest Virginia#23W31-14
1996 Regular Week 13Virginia TechMiami#18W21-7
1996 Postseason Week 1Virginia TechNebraska#6L21-41
1995 Regular Week 13Virginia TechVirginia#13W36-29
1995 Regular Week 11Virginia TechSyracuse#20W31-7
1995 Regular Week 5Virginia TechMiami#17W13-7
1995 Postseason Week 1Virginia TechTexas#14W28-10
1994 Regular Week 13Virginia TechVirginia#16L23-42
1994 Regular Week 10Virginia TechMiami#6L3-24
1994 Postseason Week 1Virginia TechTennessee#22L23-45
1993 Regular Week 13Virginia TechVirginia#23W20-17
1993 Regular Week 6Virginia TechWest Virginia#25L13-14
1993 Regular Week 4Virginia TechMiami#3L2-21
1992 Regular Week 11Virginia TechSyracuse#10L9-28
1992 Regular Week 9Virginia TechMiami#1L23-43
1992 Regular Week 8Virginia TechNC State#21T13-13
1991 Regular Week 13Virginia TechVirginia#20L0-38
1991 Regular Week 12Virginia TechEast Carolina#14L17-24
1991 Regular Week 7Virginia TechFlorida State#1L20-33
1991 Regular Week 5Virginia TechOklahoma#6L17-27
1990 Regular Week 12Virginia TechGeorgia Tech#4L3-6
1990 Regular Week 6Virginia TechFlorida State#2L28-39
1990 Regular Week 5Virginia TechSouth Carolina#25L24-35
1989 Regular Week 11Virginia TechVirginia#18L25-32
1989 Regular Week 7Virginia TechFlorida State#19L7-41
1989 Regular Week 6Virginia TechWest Virginia#9W12-10
1989 Regular Week 3Virginia TechClemson#7L7-27
1988 Regular Week 12Virginia TechFlorida State#5L14-41
1988 Regular Week 7Virginia TechSouth Carolina#8L24-26
1988 Regular Week 6Virginia TechWest Virginia#7L10-22
1988 Regular Week 2Virginia TechClemson#4L7-40
1987 Regular Week 12Virginia TechMiami#3L13-27
1987 Regular Week 3Virginia TechClemson#8L10-22

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Virginia Tech

1987-2015 • 29 seasons

Avg SRS 11.0 • Win % 66.2%

Longest tenure
Virginia Tech • 29 seasons
Best tenure
Virginia Tech • 11.0 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Virginia Tech • 66.2%

Style and Strength Profile

Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.

These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.

Overall Strength

Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.

Frank Beamer sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Frank Beamer sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Frank Beamer

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall
14.7
Percentile
94th pct

Elite

Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.

Impact by school

See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.

Virginia Tech

1987-2015 • 238-121-2

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 11.0Win % 66.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.2 during vs 7.8 baseline

+0.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

11.0 during vs 5.8 baseline

+5.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

14.7 during vs 1.8 baseline

+13.0

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

55.2% during vs 20.0% baseline

+35.2%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Virginia Tech 1999

11-1 • SRS 24.5

Biggest Improvement

Virginia Tech 1998

9-3 • 16.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Virginia Tech 2000

11-1 • SP Off 49.8

Best Defensive Season

Virginia Tech 2006

10-3 • SP Def 4.6

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Virginia Tech 1988

3-8 • SRS -3.0

Biggest Drop

Virginia Tech 1997

7-5 • -12.6 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Virginia Tech20151376053.8%——6.911.430.819.70.00.0%Season summary
Virginia Tech20141376053.8%——6.97.825.717.2+0.4-7.7%Season summary
Virginia Tech20131385061.5%——6.514.926.09.6+3.7+7.7%Season summary
Virginia Tech20121376053.8%#16—2.812.727.814.8-4.9-24.7%Season summary
Virginia Tech201114113078.6%#13#217.715.433.517.3-11.50.0%Season summary
Virginia Tech201014113078.6%#10#1619.221.239.620.0-3.9+1.7%Season summary
Virginia Tech200913103076.9%#7#1023.127.836.611.1+15.3+5.5%Season summary
Virginia Tech200814104071.4%#17#157.88.120.613.1-7.3-7.1%Season summary
Virginia Tech200714113078.6%#9#915.119.327.510.4+1.3+1.7%Season summary
Virginia Tech200613103076.9%#17#1913.821.023.64.6-8.2-7.7%Season summary
Virginia Tech200513112084.6%#8#722.025.535.610.1+4.6+7.7%Season summary
Virginia Tech200413103076.9%—#1017.419.935.416.9+5.2+15.4%Season summary
Virginia Tech20031385061.5%#9—12.216.042.630.0+0.2-9.9%Season summary
Virginia Tech200214104071.4%#16#1812.016.837.722.5-4.9+4.8%Season summary
Virginia Tech20011284066.7%#9#1816.919.236.219.0-4.0-25.0%Season summary
Virginia Tech200012111091.7%#11#620.928.249.825.2-3.60.0%Season summary
Virginia Tech199912111091.7%#13#224.528.245.019.4+5.9+16.7%Season summary
Virginia Tech19981293075.0%—#2318.619.235.417.7+16.7+16.7%Season summary
Virginia Tech19971275058.3%——1.94.429.626.7-12.6-25.0%Season summary
Virginia Tech199612102083.3%#16#1314.519.738.220.0-1.30.0%Season summary
Virginia Tech199512102083.3%#24#1015.818.334.217.4+7.7+16.7%Season summary
Virginia Tech19941284066.7%#22—8.112.434.623.7-1.4-8.3%Season summary
Virginia Tech19931293075.0%—#229.516.342.729.8+9.6+52.3%Season summary
Virginia Tech19921128122.7%——-0.1-0.929.330.2-4.0-22.7%Season summary
Virginia Tech19911156045.5%——3.97.530.424.7-4.5-9.1%Season summary
Virginia Tech19901165054.5%——8.413.132.019.6+3.0-4.5%Season summary
Virginia Tech19891164159.1%——5.410.125.415.9+8.4+31.8%Season summary
Virginia Tech19881138027.3%——-3.0-3.223.326.4-2.5+9.1%Season summary
Virginia Tech19871129018.2%——-0.5-2.826.729.5——Season summary

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