Language Warning: Here at Tech Sideline, we generally don’t use or allow profanity in our articles. (We have a long-standing tradition of deleting profanity from our message boards as well.) In this case, after some internal discussion, we decided to present this series on former Virginia Tech Defensive Coordinator Phil Elmassian uncensored. So be warned that Elmassian, who is a character to say the least, uses some salty language. — Will Stewart
During his 41-year coaching career, Phil Elmassian worked with Hank Norton, Lou Holtz, Bill Dooley, George Welsh, Paul Pasqualoni, Frank Beamer, Barry Alvarez, Nick Saban, Rich Rodriguez, Bob Pruett and Joe Tiller.
And those were just the head coaches.
Naturally, the well-traveled Elmassian, who had 22 coaching stops in his career, bookended by stops at his alma maters William & Mary and Ferrum, has got some stories to tell — with a photographic memory to boot.
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