Bitter blog - Frank Beamer has been VT's head coach for a long time ... in graph form

By: Andy Bitter on February 11, 2015, 10:25 AM | 19 comments

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Beamer's Auto Garage's picture Beamer's Auto Garage | 11 years 4 months #

I love me some bar graphs in the morning!

"Welcome to the Terror Dome." -- Corey Moore

Alum07's picture Alum07
🦃 LEG KING 🦃
| 11 years 4 months # ^

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

GoKartMozart's picture GoKartMozart
SET THE TONE!
| 11 years 4 months # ^

You get all the legs for this gif. All the legs.

marcb2's picture marcb2 | 11 years 4 months #

Just shows that a significant % of kids (maybe a majority?) will likely play for more than one head coach if they are with a program for 5 years...and the whole "Beamer won't be there in 3 years" thing is overblown when it comes to recruiting.

Also shows that Ol' Fancy Gap Frank might just outlast a decent number of current coaches...

EDIT: Went back and did the math. 63% (81 of 128) of current FBS coaches were hired after this season's 5th year seniors would have signed their LOI in 2011.

Jander75's picture Jander75 | 11 years 4 months #

In other breaking news water is indeed wet...

I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction:
“I served in the United States Navy"

Beamer's Auto Garage's picture Beamer's Auto Garage | 11 years 4 months # ^

"Welcome to the Terror Dome." -- Corey Moore

MPHOKIE's picture MPHOKIE | 11 years 4 months # ^

And Danny Coale is still open

TechHokie13's picture TechHokie13 | 11 years 4 months # ^

And UNC cheats

St. Louis Hokie's picture St. Louis Hokie | 11 years 4 months # ^

And Mike London still has a timeout left.

Jander75's picture Jander75 | 11 years 4 months # ^

And he still caught that ball

I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction:
“I served in the United States Navy"

hokie07ME's picture hokie07ME | 11 years 4 months #

Fact: Frank had been coaching at Tech 21 years when the second and third longest tenured coaches in the ACC started at their current jobs (Johnson at GPISU and Cutcliffe at Duke).

Warning: this post occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors)..

07Hokie's picture 07Hokie
STATS AND DOG SPORTS
| 11 years 4 months # ^

Frank started coaching at Tech when CPJ and Cutcliff's first seniors were being born

Never Forget #1 Overall Seed UVA 54, #64 UMBC 74

shakeitallabout's picture shakeitallabout | 11 years 4 months #

Seeing it laid out like this is very intersting. It seems ludicrous that Dabo Swinney is the 4th longest tenured coach in the ACC. Who would have put money on that back in 2008??

Also here's a hilarious joke to share with Hokie friends. Mike London is the 32nd longest tenured coach in the country.

Joffrey, Cersei, Ilyn Payne, the Hound, Jeff Jagodzinski, Paul Johnson, Pat Narduzzi.

VTBlackout's picture VTBlackout
| 11 years 4 months # ^

Please sign London to a long term deal. Its a win-win for everyone

The Dude Abides

USAFHokie's picture USAFHokie | 11 years 4 months # ^

Not the poor poor recruits he somehow convinces to play UVA football...

GoKartMozart's picture GoKartMozart
SET THE TONE!
| 11 years 4 months #

The thread title reminded me of this....

Andy Bitter's picture Andy Bitter | 11 years 4 months # ^

I'm glad someone noticed that.

GoKartMozart's picture GoKartMozart
SET THE TONE!
| 11 years 4 months # ^

I was thinking that it had to be intentional.

2HokiesIn1's picture 2HokiesIn1
PICK 6 BIG SHOOTS
| 11 years 4 months #

Jimbo and TimeCop have been at their respective schools for the same amount of time...
Thank God LOLUVa made the right choice.

A decade on TKP and it's been time well spent.