Tech's longtime football coach came to his decision last week
BLACKSBURG – One day after Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer announced his retirement at the conclusion of this season, he met with members of the media at a packed McConnell Auditorium in the Merryman Center to explain what led to his decision.
Few dry eyes could be found among the family members, players, coaches and staff members from the athletics department who gathered to hear college football’s all-time active winningest coach and the man who ushered Virginia Tech onto the national scene say that it was simply time to retire after 29 years as the head coach.