The Man Across The Field
The Hokies are coached by Justin Fuente. Fuente’s had been an offensive coordinator at TCU before heading to Memphis. Fuentes finished 26-23 at Memphis. This ended a 41 year draught at Memphis for a coach to leave with a winning record. This was good enough to land Fuente’s a position as the head man at Virginia Tech. So far the Hokies are 30-17 under his direction. He was also been named ACC Coach of the Year in 2016, his first season at VT. Fuente’s replaced legendary coach Frank Beamer – Beamer had been the coach since 1987 – so Fuente’s certainly had some big shoes to fill.Head to Head
In 2016, Fuente's led the Hokies into Notre Dame stadium and defeated the Irish. Admittedly, this was Kelly's worst season as Notre Dame's head coach and VT finished that year with a loss to Clemson in the ACC Conference Championship. In 2018, Kelly returned the favor in a prime time game in Blacksburg, VA. Notre Dame took care of business in a hostile environment, led by the same man under center, Ian Book. The star of that 45-23 victory was Dexter Williams who broke of an insane 97 yard touchdown.Book finished that game 25-35 with 271 yards and two touchdown passes, both to Miles Boykin. This will be the rubber match between both teams - the road team has won in both instances.97 DAYS TILL ND FOOTBALL
Week 6 Dexter Williams broke free for 97 yards at Virginia Tech and the longest road run in Notre Dame history ✌️@DexterW_22 pic.twitter.com/hKF4TQGIdz — Barstool Irish (@BarstoolIrish) May 29, 2019







