Today’s Friday Q&A discusses assistant coaches under Frank Beamer who
have gone on, or will go on, to be head coaches. Other topics are playcalling
under Mike O’Cain, and goals for the offense and defense this season.

1) How many head coaches has Frank Beamer produced, not counting Rickey
Bustle? Is there a trend there? If so, what does it suggest?

Chris Coleman: Not counting Rickey Bustle? The answer would be one. Lou
West was the defensive backs coach at Virginia Tech from 1995 through 1998
before leaving for Notre Dame. He went on to become the defensive coordinator at
Toledo, and was later the head coach at 1-AA Indiana State. He wasn’t a
particularly successful head coach, going 1-25 and getting canned in the middle
of the 2007 season.

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