Top 25
42-53-1
- Games
- 96
- Win rate
- 44.3%
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Coach Profile
Frank Beamer
1987-2015 • Virginia Tech
One defining program at Virginia Tech.
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.
- 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.
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
1999 Virginia Tech
Best season11-1 • 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.
Top 10
7-28
- Games
- 35
- Win rate
- 20.0%
Top 5
1-17
- Games
- 18
- Win rate
- 5.6%
View ranked game results96
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 edgeFrank 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
Worst 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 Tech | 2015 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 6.9 | 11.4 | 30.8 | 19.7 | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| Virginia Tech | 2014 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 6.9 | 7.8 | 25.7 | 17.2 | +0.4 | -7.7% |
| Virginia Tech | 2013 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 6.5 | 14.9 | 26.0 | 9.6 | +3.7 | +7.7% |
| Virginia Tech | 2012 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | #16 | — | 2.8 | 12.7 | 27.8 | 14.8 | -4.9 | -24.7% |
| Virginia Tech | 2011 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 78.6% | #13 | #21 | 7.7 | 15.4 | 33.5 | 17.3 | -11.5 | 0.0% |
| Virginia Tech | 2010 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 78.6% | #10 | #16 | 19.2 | 21.2 | 39.6 | 20.0 | -3.9 | +1.7% |
| Virginia Tech | 2009 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #7 | #10 | 23.1 | 27.8 | 36.6 | 11.1 | +15.3 | +5.5% |
| Virginia Tech | 2008 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.4% | #17 | #15 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 20.6 | 13.1 | -7.3 | -7.1% |
| Virginia Tech | 2007 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 78.6% | #9 | #9 | 15.1 | 19.3 | 27.5 | 10.4 | +1.3 | +1.7% |
| Virginia Tech | 2006 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #17 | #19 | 13.8 | 21.0 | 23.6 | 4.6 | -8.2 | -7.7% |
| Virginia Tech | 2005 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #8 | #7 | 22.0 | 25.5 | 35.6 | 10.1 | +4.6 | +7.7% |
| Virginia Tech | 2004 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | #10 | 17.4 | 19.9 | 35.4 | 16.9 | +5.2 | +15.4% |
| Virginia Tech | 2003 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #9 | — | 12.2 | 16.0 | 42.6 | 30.0 | +0.2 | -9.9% |
| Virginia Tech | 2002 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.4% | #16 | #18 | 12.0 | 16.8 | 37.7 | 22.5 | -4.9 | +4.8% |
| Virginia Tech | 2001 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #9 | #18 | 16.9 | 19.2 | 36.2 | 19.0 | -4.0 | -25.0% |
| Virginia Tech | 2000 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #11 | #6 | 20.9 | 28.2 | 49.8 | 25.2 | -3.6 | 0.0% |
| Virginia Tech | 1999 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #13 | #2 | 24.5 | 28.2 | 45.0 | 19.4 | +5.9 | +16.7% |
| Virginia Tech | 1998 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #23 | 18.6 | 19.2 | 35.4 | 17.7 | +16.7 | +16.7% |
| Virginia Tech | 1997 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 1.9 | 4.4 | 29.6 | 26.7 | -12.6 | -25.0% |
| Virginia Tech | 1996 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #16 | #13 | 14.5 | 19.7 | 38.2 | 20.0 | -1.3 | 0.0% |
| Virginia Tech | 1995 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #24 | #10 | 15.8 | 18.3 | 34.2 | 17.4 | +7.7 | +16.7% |
| Virginia Tech | 1994 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #22 | — | 8.1 | 12.4 | 34.6 | 23.7 | -1.4 | -8.3% |
| Virginia Tech | 1993 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #22 | 9.5 | 16.3 | 42.7 | 29.8 | +9.6 | +52.3% |
| Virginia Tech | 1992 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 22.7% | — | — | -0.1 | -0.9 | 29.3 | 30.2 | -4.0 | -22.7% |
| Virginia Tech | 1991 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 3.9 | 7.5 | 30.4 | 24.7 | -4.5 | -9.1% |
| Virginia Tech | 1990 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 8.4 | 13.1 | 32.0 | 19.6 | +3.0 | -4.5% |
| Virginia Tech | 1989 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | — | 5.4 | 10.1 | 25.4 | 15.9 | +8.4 | +31.8% |
| Virginia Tech | 1988 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -3.0 | -3.2 | 23.3 | 26.4 | -2.5 | +9.1% |
| Virginia Tech | 1987 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -0.5 | -2.8 | 26.7 | 29.5 | — | — |
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