![]() Their son, Shane, who served as his father's associate head coach, is an assistant coach under Kirby Smart at Georgia, and he and his wife have two girls and a boy. When in town, he walks daily with senior associate athletic director John Ballein, his long-time friend, and he aims to see his favorite artists in concert again: Shania Twain, Carrie Underwood and Darius Rucker.īeamer and his wife, Cheryl, split their time between Blacksburg and a lake-front home in Georgia. He's gained a few pounds, and a once-cranky back has mended, affording him more time on the golf course. That stress removed from his life, Beamer looks great. And you do that for a number of years … it wears on you." So you didn't enjoy the wins, and the losses were so hard. It got to be every loss just ripped your heart out, and every win you said, 'Thank goodness,' and get on to the next week. "And we'd been an above-average team for so long. "If it cost you two or three recruits in a year, and then multiply that by four or five years, that's the difference between being an average team and an above-average team," he said. … I knew in my heart it was time, in my heart and in my mind."Īmong the reasons: As his career waned, Beamer became acutely aware that rivals used his age against Tech in recruiting. "I think in this business you have to understand where you are. ![]() "I did it long enough," Beamer said of coaching. There's the blue VT blazer that was required game-day attire during the late 1960s and the trombone Tech's band presented him before last season's Independence Bowl – Beamer played the instrument as a kid. As the Hokies loaded buses for their overnight destination in Roanoke, Beamer drove back to his home for our interview.Īfter an adoring greeting from Hudson, we sat upstairs, where a billiards room and office teem with memorabilia, and not just the photos, awards and commemorative footballs you'd expect. The team roared again, and countless players embraced Beamer as he walked back up the aisle. "Those three or four hours tomorrow," Beamer said, "you'll remember the rest of your life." Beamer and Fuente beamed.īeamer spoke briefly and off the cuff about the importance of the Virginia rivalry - he guaranteed the Cavaliers would play their best - and his admiration for this senior class, which includes quality players and young men such as Sam Rogers, Nigel Williams, Jonathan McLaughlin, Augie Conte, Woody Baron, Ken Ekanem, Chuck Clark and Brenden Motley. Fuente thanked Beamer for the program he built and told him his appearance would be a surprise to the players.Īs Beamer walked into the meeting room, the same room in which he announced his retirement last fall, the players rose and cheered. ![]() The meet runs April 6-7 at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois.Beamer congratulated Fuente on the Hokies' ACC Coastal Division title, clinched less than an hour earlier by N.C. The Blue Demons continue their outdoor season next weekend at the Chicagoland Championships. No team scores were kept at the meet that placed DePaul against competition from BIG EAST rivals Marquette and Notre Dame in addition to squads from Purdue, Bradley, Loyola, Valparaiso, Western Michigan, Western Illinois, IPFW and Hillsdale. The men’s 100m dash saw Piotr Lewkowski finish second with a time of 11.43, while Shauna Lurey placed third in the women’s 100m dash with a time of 12.97. He also posted a hammer throw of 47.67m to finish 13th in the event and exceed the BIG EAST mark of 43.40m for the second time this season. The freshman placed sixth in the shot put with a mark of 14.67m and eclipsed the BIG EAST standard of 14.63m. She surpassed the BIG EAST qualifying standard of 45.12m for the second time this season.ĭePaul earned a pair of BIG EAST qualifying throws from Curtis Hoag. Virginia MacFabe notched a distance of 47.90m to place sixth in the women’s hammer throw. It marked his second 800m time of the season better than 1:54.90. ![]() Saturday’s meet at the Rankin Track also saw DePaul’s throwers post three BIG EAST Championship qualifying performances.Ĭooper crossed the finish line with a time of 1:54.88 to win the 800m crown. – Scott Cooper won the men’s 800m run as a select squad of Blue Demons represented the DePaul men’s and women’s track and field teams at Purdue’s Mike Poehlein Invitational. ![]()
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