Frank Beamer (born October 18, 1946 in Mount Airy, North Carolina) is the current head coach of the Virginia Tech Hokies football program.

Beamer grew up in Hillsville, Virginia where he earned 11 varsity letters in high school as a three-sport athlete in football, basketball, and baseball. He then attended Virginia Tech and was a starting cornerback for three years on the football team, playing in the 1966 (1966 Liberty Bowl) and 1968 Liberty Bowls. He graduated in 1969 and then attended Radford University for graduate school while serving as an assistant football coach at Radford High School (Radford High School (Virginia)).

Beamers college coaching experience began in 1972, when he became a graduate assistant for the University of Maryland, College Park. After one season, he became an assistant coach at The Citadel (The Citadel (military college)) under Bobby Ross. He spent seven seasons at The Citadel, with the last two as the defensive coordinator. He moved on to become the defensive coordinator at Murray State University in 1979 under Mike Gottfried. After two seasons, he was promoted to Head Coach and spent six seasons as the Head Coach at Murray State, compiling a record of 42-23-2 (.642). On December 22, 1986, Beamer was hired as the head coach of Virginia Tech. Beamer was to replace Bill Dooley, whose nine-year tenure was the most successful?in terms of total wins and winning percentage?in school history. Beamer signed a four-year contract worth $80,000 annually, and at the time, new Tech athletic director Dale Baughman?hired to replace Dooley, who also served as both Techs athletic director and head football coach?received some criticism for hiring Beamer. "Some people have questioned this decision because he is not a big name," Baughman said at the time. "But its a sound decision, and Im standing by it."

Beamer took over a Virginia Tech football program that was largely unsuccessful in its first century, reaching only six bowl games in that time span. Beamer has since built the Hokies into a perennially ranked team. In 22 years at the helm of VT, his overall record is 187-92-2 (.669). His teams have made 17 consecutive bowl appearances, and Beamer has gone 8-9 in those 17 bowls, including 1-3 in BCS (Bowl Championship Series) bowls and 1-1 in BCS-precursor Bowl Alliance bowls. During the bowl streak, Beamer has amassed a record of 163-52 (.758).

During his tenure as coach, the program has evolved from independent status to a member of the Big East Conference to a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. His teams have won three Big East Championships and three ACC Championships.

He won Big East Coach of the Year awards in 1995, 1996, and 1999. In 1999, he won consensus National Coach of the Year honors when he led Virginia Tech to an undefeated regular season and appearance in the National Championship game against Florida State University. Beamer was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year in 2004, his first year competing in the league. He repeated as ACC Coach of the Year in 2005 while leading his team to the ACC Coastal Division title and an appearance in the inaugural ACC Championship game. His team was also given the Fall Sportsmanship Award in its inaugural season in the ACC.

As of January 3rd, 2010, Frank Beamer is the second-winningest active coach (tied with Jim Tressel) behind Joe Paterno.Citation neededdate=January 2010