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1 7 F O O T B A L L ME D I A G U I D E
The school renames a street and the team’s locker
room after the retired football coach
Frank Beamer gave 29 years of his professional
career to Virginia Tech, leading the football program to
unprecedented heights and attracting national attention
to the university.
In return, the university has recognized Beamer in
numerous ways for his accomplishments, first renaming a
campus street after him and later approving a renaming of
the football team’s locker room after him.
In August of 2015, the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors
renamed Spring Road, the street that runs adjacent
to Lane Stadium, to Beamer Way in appreciation of
Beamer’s years of service and extraordinary contributions
to university life.
“Frank Beamer is the winningest football coach in
Virginia Tech history and Cheryl [Beamer’s wife] has been
by his side supporting him and their family the entire way,”
Tech President Timothy Sands said when he made the
announcement on Aug. 6, 2015, at the Hokies’ first team
meeting before the start of fall practice. “He has served
as a figure of strength, excellence and compassion on
campus and we wanted to honor Frank and Cheryl this
way by renaming Spring Road to Beamer Way.”
After 29 seasons as the head coach, Beamer retired at
the conclusion of the 2015 season following the Hokies’
win over Tulsa in the Independence Bowl. He finished his
career with 280 victories, including 238 at Tech. He also
won 11 bowl games and guided the Hokies to 23 straight
bowl appearances.
This past spring, in March of 2016, the Board of Visitors
decided more recognition of Beamer was warranted. The
group approved the renaming of the football program’s
Team United Locker Room to The Frank Beamer Locker
Room to honor Beamer for his years of service and
contributions to the university and the game of football.
The locker room, which resides next to the team’s indoor
practice facility and outdoor practice field, was built four
years ago after a generous donation from Beamer friends
and longtime contributors Brian Callaghan (Class of
1993), Win Sheridan (Class of 1994), Jeff Veatch (Class
of 1993) and Ted Hanson (Class of 1991). The quartet
owns Apex Systems, Inc., in Richmond and their donation
facilitated the construction of the facility, which now bears
Beamer’s name.
Frank Beamer pictured with Edwin “Win” Sheridan
TECH HONORS BEAMER FOR TRANSFORMAT I ONAL CAREER
BEAMER WAY AND BEAMER LOCKER ROOM