Frank Beamer chosen as 2017 Neyland Award Winner

By: jmecca on March 21, 2017, 9:45 AM | 21 comments

This is an awesome honor for CFB!

Former Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer has been named the 2017 recipient of the Neyland Trophy. The award presentation will be held Saturday, April 22, at the East Tennessee Chapter of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame brunch at The Foundry in Knoxville at 10 a.m. ET.

Beamer will be honored in pregame ceremonies prior to Tennessee's annual Orange & White Game on April 22 along with longtime North Carolina play-by-play announcer Woody Durham, who will receive the Lindsey Nelson Broadcasting Award. The litany of past Neyland Trophy winners reads like a who's who of college football icons, including Bear Bryant, Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, Bobby Dodd and Bud Wilkinson just to name a few members of this prestigious coaching fraternity.

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Hokie Fireman

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| 9 years 4 months #

I really hope he wears Hokie gear to the Tenn spring game.

HokieMacGruber26 | 9 years 4 months # ^

He damn well better.

H'burg_Hokie | 9 years 4 months # ^

I think he should show up toting this.

SharkbaitHokie | 9 years 4 months #

Whoever wrote that press release is very gifted in the art of redundancy...

Beamer spent 35 seasons as a collegiate head coach, including 29 seasons at Virginia Tech before retiring at the conclusion of the 2015 season with 280 career coaching victories. He also served as head coach at Murray State from 1981-86. He finished his time at Virginia Tech with 238 wins and was the winningest active coach in FBS at the time of his retirement. After 29 seasons at Virginia Tech, Beamer retired following the 2015 season.

AssPocketFullOWhiskey

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CapeHokie

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And that sign came courtesy of the Department of Redundancy Department.

HokieJeep | 9 years 4 months # ^

Also known as the DRDRD.

papilgee4evaeva | 9 years 4 months # ^

That's what we call "padding."

HokieFan4Ever | 9 years 4 months # ^

That's pretty much how I get to my word count for my papers.

AssPocketFullOWhiskey

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| 9 years 4 months #

From the article. I'm sure I won't be the only one wondering for what exactly the Neyland Trophy is awarded.

Gen. Robert R. Neyland Trophy
The Neyland Trophy is awarded annually by the Knoxville Quarterback Club to an outstanding man who has contributed greatly to intercollegiate athletics. The first presentation in 1967 went to Nathan W. Dougherty and Herman Hickman. Dougherty was the man who hired Gen. Neyland in 1926, and Hickman was Neyland's his first All-American lineman who later became head coach at Yale. The permanent trophy is displayed in the Tennessee Hall of Fame Exhibit in the Neyland-Thompson Sports Center on the University of Tennessee campus.

SCHokie2011 | 9 years 4 months #

The Neyland Trophy is awarded annually by the Knoxville Quarterback Club to an outstanding man

Woody Hayes

VPIhokieME

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Tennessee doesn't necessarily set the standard of greatness, do they?

VTGuitarMan

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| 9 years 4 months # ^

But they're the champions of life!

VTMaroonOrange | 9 years 4 months # ^

Self-proclaimed...

HokieJeep | 9 years 4 months # ^

Reddit gave them the official trophy. They lost it shortly after, though.

GoKartMozart

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| 9 years 4 months # ^

TKP's own MoD did that.

Congrats Seniors! pic.twitter.com/dVN4aTPeIu— John Monroe (@MinisterofD) November 21, 2016

GoKartMozart

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Exhibit A: Fulmer Cup

KopHokie | 9 years 4 months # ^

Nope...there's a reason the Fulmer Cup exists.

Musky | 9 years 4 months # ^

Loved it back in the day when they showed the fights! Oh Woody was always a tool!

Lozo1016 | 9 years 4 months #

I wonder how the good people of Knoxville will welcome Lane Kiffin back when he wins this award 25 years from now.

AssPocketFullOWhiskey

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The Neyland Trophy is awarded annually by the Knoxville Quarterback Club to an outstanding man who has contributed greatly to intercollegiate athletics.

I think you read that wrong.