The Virginia Tech Hokies college football team represents Virginia Tech in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The program has had 36 head coaches, and 3 interim head coach, since it began play during the 1892 season.Virginia Tech 2012 Football Media Guide, p. 141
History As of the 2025 season, the team has played more than 1,349 games in 133 years under 35 different head coaches and 3 interim coaches. Seven head coaches have led the Hokies in postseason bowl games: Jimmy Kitts, Jerry Claiborne, Bill Dooley, Frank Beamer, Justin Fuente, J.C. Price, and Brent Pry. Two coaches have won conference championships: Jerry Claiborne, in the Southern Conference in 1963 and Frank Beamer with seven, three in the Big East Conference and four in the ACC. Frank Beamer leads in seasons and games coached and wins, with 280 victories in 427 games in 29 seasons. He was the winningest active coach and longest tenured coach in Division I FBS at the time of his retirement in 2015. A. B. Morrison, Jr. has the highest winning percentage (.857) and Bob McNeish has the lowest winning percentage (.086). Andy Gustafson, Jerry Claiborne, and Frank Beamer have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
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+General # Number of coaches CCs Conference championships † Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame
+ Overall games GC Games coached OW Wins OL Losses OT Ties O% Winning percentage
+ Conference gamesCWWins CL Losses CT Ties C% Winning percentage
+ Postseason games PW Wins PL Losses PT Ties
List of head coaches
+ List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards # Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT DC CC NC Awards 1 1892–1893 — — — — — — — — — — 2 1894 — — — — — — — — — — 3 1895–1896 — — — — — — — — — — 4 1897 — — — — — — — — — — 5 1898 — — — — — — — — — — 6 1899 — — — — — — — — — — 7 1900 — — — — — — — — — — 8 1901 — — — — — — — — — — 9 1902 — — — — — — — — — — 10 1903 — — — — — — — — — — 11 1904 — — — — — — — — — — 12 1905–1906 — — — — — — — — — — 13 1907 — — — — — — — — — — 14 1908 — — — — — — — — — — 15 1909–1910,1912–1915 — — — — — — — — — — 16 1911 — — — — — — — — — — 17 1916 — — — — — — — 18 1917–1919 — — — — — — — 19 1920 — — — — — — — 20 1921–1925 — — — 21 1926–1929 — — — 22 1930–1931 — — — 23 1932–1940 — — — 24 1941,1946–1947 — — 25 1942 — — — 26 1942, 1945 — — — 27 1948–1950 — — — Int 1950 — — — 28 1951–1960 — — — 29 1961–1970 — — Neyland Trophy (1994) 30 1971–1973 — — — — — — — 31 1974–1977 — — — — — — — 32 1978–1986 — — — — — — — — 33 1987–2015 0 Neyland Trophy (2017) 34 2016–2021 74 43 31 0 0.581 28 20 0 0.583 1 3 0 1 0 0 (2017) IntJ. C. Price 2021 3 1 2 0 0.333 1 1 0 0.500 0 1 0 0 0 0 35Brent Pry 2022–2025 0 0 0 IntPhilip Montgomery 2025 0 0 0— 36 2026 0 0 0—
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References
General
Lazenby, Roland. Legends: A Pictorial History of Virginia Tech Football. Taylor, Full Court Press (1986) Tandler, Rich. Hokie Games: Virginia Tech Football Game by Game 1945–2006. Game by Game Sports Media (September 15, 2007)
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