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Coaches

Bud Foster

His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)

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Bud Foster

Played at Murray State 1977-1980

Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26

YearsTeamRoleTitleHead coach
1981-1982Murray State (GA) (unknown)Head coachHead coachhimself
1983-1985Murray StatePositionOLBnot known
1986Murray StateST coord.LB/STnot known
1987Virginia TechPositionILBFrank Beamer
1988-1992Virginia TechPositionOLBFrank Beamer
1993Virginia TechST coord.LB/STFrank Beamer
1994Virginia TechST coord.ILB/STFrank Beamer
1995-2015Virginia TechDCDC/ILB✓Frank Beamer
2016-2019Virginia TechDCAHC/DC/LB✓Justin Fuente

Record

Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings

SeasonTeamJobEPA/playPoints/poss.SuccessYear beforeTeams
2005Virginia TechDefensive coordinator40382119
2006Virginia TechDefensive coordinator21140119
2007Virginia TechDefensive coordinator15332119
2008Virginia TechDefensive coordinator16121015120
2009Virginia TechDefensive coordinator4110416120
2010Virginia TechDefensive coordinator45251141120
2011Virginia TechDefensive coordinator158645120
2012Virginia TechDefensive coordinator324415124
2013Virginia TechDefensive coordinator41523125
2014Virginia TechDefensive coordinator101144128
2015Virginia TechDefensive coordinator56401910128
2016Virginia TechDefensive coordinator24161856128
2017Virginia TechDefensive coordinator103224130
2018Virginia TechDefensive coordinator104835410130
2019Virginia TechDefensive coordinator384116104130

Worked under

  • Frank Beamer · Virginia Tech 1987-2015 (DC, Position, ST coord.)
  • Justin Fuente · Virginia Tech 2016-2019 (DC, Other, Position)

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Coaches who were on his staffs

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Coached together

  • Frank Beamer · Murray State 1983-1986 · him Position, ST coord., them Head coach
  • Frank Beamer · Virginia Tech 1987-2015 · him DC, Position, ST coord., them Head coach
  • Rickey Bustle · Virginia Tech 1987-2001 · him DC, Position, ST coord., them OC, Position
  • Ron Zook · Virginia Tech 1987 · him Position, them Other
  • Bryan Stinespring · Virginia Tech 1990-2015 · him DC, Position, ST coord., them GA, OC, Other, Position
  • Todd Grantham · Virginia Tech 1990-1995 · him DC, Position, ST coord., them Position
  • Gary Tranquill · Virginia Tech 1994 · him Position, ST coord., them OC
  • Brent Pry · Virginia Tech 1995-1997 · him DC, Position, them GA
  • J.C. Price · Virginia Tech 1997-1998 · him DC, Position, them Strength
  • Lorenzo Ward · Virginia Tech 1999-2005 · him DC, Position, them Position
  • Kevin Rogers · Virginia Tech 2002-2005 · him DC, Position, them Position
  • Shane Beamer*+ · Virginia Tech 2011-2015 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position
  • Jeff Grimes · Virginia Tech 2013 · him DC, Position, them Position
  • Ryan Pugh · Virginia Tech 2013 · him DC, Position, them GA
  • Scot Loeffler · Virginia Tech 2013-2015 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
  • Brad Cornelsen · Virginia Tech 2016-2019 · him DC, Other, Position, them OC, Position
  • Brian Mitchell · Virginia Tech 2016-2019 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position
  • Holmon Wiggins · Virginia Tech 2016-2018 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position
  • Justin Fuente · Virginia Tech 2016-2019 · him DC, Other, Position, them Head coach
  • Adam Lechtenberg · Virginia Tech 2018-2019 · him DC, Other, Position, them Other
  • Tyrone Nix · Virginia Tech 2018 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position
  • Jerry Kill · Virginia Tech 2019 · him DC, Other, Position, them Other
  • Justin Hamilton · Virginia Tech 2019 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position

Played together