Retiring Virginia
Tech football coach
FRANK BEAMER,
a VSGA member at
Blacksburg Country
Club, plans to funnel
some of his energy
to the golf course
By
NATHAN WARTERS
NATHAN WARTERS: You’ve
talked about some of the
things you want to do in
retirement. Where does golf
fit into your plans?
FRANK BEAMER: I would
like to think we’d golf on a regular basis. We’ll spend part of
our time down in Georgia at
Reynolds Plantation. They
have about six or seven courses there, really, and when I’m
here I enjoy playing Blacksburg Country Club. I like
Ballyhack [Golf Club in Roa-
noke]. I plan to get my golf in.
I’m not a guy who wants to go
play every day, though. I think
I’ll try to put a day in between.
Two or three times a week is
about all I’d really want to do.
NW: Who are some of your
favorite playing partners?
FB: I plan to start developing
some new playing partners
here, but Wayland Overstreet
is one of my good buddies
from way way back. That’s
one. And John Ballein and
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ith his illustrious coaching career over,
Beamer, 69, is confronted by a world of
opportunities in retirement. He wants to
spend more time with his four grandchildren and travel with his wife, Cheryl. He has also spoken
about possibly getting into television.
Whatever he decides to do, he is sure golf will be a
part of it. Beamer, a Virginia Tech grad, started swinging
a club during his senior year of college and has played
regularly since.
The quest for ACC championships and major bowl
games will be replaced by the drive for pars and birdies,
but Beamer’s competitive spirit will carry on.
Virginia Golfer contributor Nathan Warters, who covered Beamer for multiple newspapers, most recently The
Free-Lance Star in Fredericksburg, spoke with him about
his golf game and his future in the sport.
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