Bud Foster bridges Virginia Tech's past and future

Bud Foster has a new boss, but he's still in his old office and Virginia Tech's defense is still one of the stingiest in the country.BLACKSBURG, Va. -- As he navigates the corridors of Virginia Tech’s athletics center, Bud Foster jokes that his office is the one without any windows. It is, in fact, a windowless box with a couple comfortable chairs and a desk cluttered with the work of one of the country’s best defensive coordinators. A realtor might describe it as cozy. For Foster, it’s home.

There are a lot of traditions at Virginia Tech, from the classic stone architecture to the blaring riffs of “Enter Sandman,” but the past year mostly has been about change. Gone is Frank Beamer, who had…