The former Memphis coach said he admired the Hokies from afar for many years and always wanted to be a part of something like what the program has become
BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech new football coach Justin Fuente met with the media, athletics department staff members, and players on Monday in the football players’ lounge less than 24 hours after Tech AD Whit Babcock announced the hiring of Fuente to replace retiring coach Frank Beamer.
The 39-year-old Fuente, whose wife and three daughters were also in attendance, comes to Tech after spending four seasons at Memphis, where he turned around a program that had won just five games combined the three seasons before he arrived.