![]() ![]() ![]() She was only 11 at the time, and the caller asked for Frank. The call he'll never forget was taken by his sister. "Amazingly, our phone number was still listed, and we'd get nasty calls at home," he said. He was old enough to know his dad was in trouble and was starting to hear comments from kids at school and people around town. Shane was a sophomore in high school that sixth season (1992) when the Hokies finished 2-8-1. In today's coaching climate, he would have never made it to Year 6. Rebuilding his alma mater proved to be a massive undertaking, and Frank had only two winning seasons in his first six years on the job. "As a kid, the thing I remember most is that they were flying back on Christmas Eve and had flight issues trying to get back to Kentucky, and he was doing everything he could to get back for Christmas. 23, two days before Christmas," Shane said. "I remember they interviewed him in Nashville, and he was introduced on Dec. Shane and his younger sister, Casey, stayed in Murray, Kentucky, to finish school. Shane was 9 when his father accepted the Virginia Tech job in 1987 and 10 when the whole family moved to Blacksburg, Virginia. It has been an emotional past few weeks for everybody in the Beamer family, but Shane shared with his own personal scrapbook from his father's three-decade career at Virginia Tech through the eyes of a son, player, opposing coach and now his father's right-hand man as associate head coach. Shane has watched his father's Hall of Fame career unfold from seemingly every vantage point, and he'll be there alongside his dad Saturday at Lane Stadium when he coaches his final home game against No. Other than Frank Beamer himself, nobody has had a better seat or a keener perspective of what "Beamer Ball" was truly about than Beamer's only son, Shane. SC On The Road: Shane Beamer reflects on his father's legendary career You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser ![]()
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