ROANOKE TIMES  
                      Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times

DATE: Sunday, December 10, 1995              TAG: 9512290026
SECTION: SPORTS                   PAGE: C11  EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: ALAN KIM STAFF 

BEAMIN' BEAMER

LENGTH: Short :   20 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer (right) hams 
          it up for the Cassell Coliseum crowd Saturday at halftime of the 
          Tech-VMI basketball game. Beamer, senior tailback Dwayne Thomas 
          (middle) and the rest of the Hokies football team were showing off 
          the Big East Conference coach of the year trophy, won by Beamer. 
          Beamer was a finalist for National Coach of the Year and led the 
          Hokies to a berth in the Sugar Bowl.