Foster gets contract extension to stay at Virginia Tech
By Bud L. Ellis
In the end, Bud Foster couldn’t leave the school he helped build into a national power.
Getting some extra change out of the deal didn’t hurt, either.
Foster, the longtime Virginia Tech defensive coordinator, thought about the open coordinator’s position at the University of Georgia. But after consideration, Foster withdrew from the running to be Mark Richt’s next DC, opting instead to stay with Frank Beamer and continue running the Hokies’ defense.
According to published reports, the school will rework Foster’s contract, an adjustment that will include a raise in pay for the man who has called the shots for the VT defense since arriving with Beamer from Murray State in 1987. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, published reports stated, but it’s believed to include a five-year extension that would keep Foster in Blacksburg through 2014.
Virginia Tech ranked No. 14 in the nation in total defense this season, ending a streak of five consecutive seasons where Foster directed the Hokies to a top-seven finish in the nation defensively.
Virginia Tech faces Tennessee in a matchup of ACC vs. SEC in the Chick-fil-A Bowl, New Year’s Eve at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 8:32 pm by bud
Tags: Bud Foster, Chick-fil-A Bowl, Frank Beamer, Georgia, Georgia Dome, Murray State, Tennessee, Virginia Tech
