Virginia Tech is looking for a new head coach after firing Brent Pry. Current South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer has been connected to the Virginia Tech opening. He has now made an emphatic statement that South Carolina is his “dream job.”
“I have no idea where that story came from. I have conveyed publicly many times how much I want to be here. And I respect the question, I understand you asking it, and I’m not mad. I’ve conveyed many times how much I want to be here. This is my dream job. I said that when I came here. Nothing has changed. I am pissed off at the way we are performing right now, and it’s not acceptable,” said Beamer on a Sunday teleconference, according to Wes Mitchell of Gamecock Central for On3Sports.
The connection to Beamer for Virginia Tech makes sense. To begin with, his father, Frank Beamer, was the head coach for the Hokies from 1987 through 2015. In that time, he went 238-121-2. He won three Big East titles and four ACC titles. He also led Tech to 22 straight bowl games…