Excellence - Bud Foster's Philosophies

< Fast Facts - Excellence >

1. During Coach Foster's era, VT has had at least one Defensive player earn All-American honors every year. Four players gained All-American recognition in 1999 and three in 2001.
2. *Produced the School's FIRST Vince Lombardi/Rotary Award winner and Bronko Nagurski Award winner in Corey Moore.
3. Coach Foster's Defense has had 24 players drafted by the NFL and currently 18 players on active NFL rosters.
4. Virginia Tech has led the ACC in scoring defense each of its two years in the league.
5. The VT Defense led the nation in total defense in 2005.
6. The Hokies have scored 65 touchdowns on defense in the last 19 seasons.
7. Virginia Tech’s linebacking corps is ranked the third-best in the nation by Lindy’s.
8. Returning starters Vince Hall and Xavier Adibi finished first and fourth, respectively, in tackles for the Hokies last season.
9. The leading candidate for the starting rover position, vacated by third-round NFL draft pick James Anderson, is fifth-year senior Brenden Hill. Hill began his Tech career as a wide receiver.
10. The fathers of linebackers Brett Warren and Chad & Cody Grimm are former Washington Redskins teammates, Don Warren and Russ Grimm.

< My Defense >

Check out my Blog! - Wow, has this really come along. I urge you to read through the blogs that I've posted since 2006. Everything's included there, from 6AM workouts during off seasons, to practice and game reviews. NEW! You can now LISTEN to my blog via Podcast - Play them Online or download to your computer or iPod!!.

What I expect:

• Players - show up on time, practice hard every down, know your assignments, study film, etc.
• What typically happens if players Don't prepare to my expectation? They will be passed by, by a young man that wants to do things the right way.

My Defensive Schemes:

Our base alignments come from a 4-3 look. However, we are very dynamic with our Front and Coverages. We're working on some diagrams that will show our alignments and as we approach Spring practice, we'll be posting the roster behind those positions.

Overall goal: W e want to take an aggressive approach. We want to dictate to the Offense rather than the Offense dictating to us.

Check our new position review - We'll be gaining some ground on this as we get closer to the start of the season, into Spring practice, etc. For now, see the position definitions.

Have a particular question? Want to know more? Click on the "Contact" link in the navigation at the top of each page.

SCORING: Hokies Defense & Special Teams

1987: Jon Jeffries, 92-yd. kickoff return vs. Clemson; Don Stokes, recovered blocked punt in end zone vs. Syracuse; Randy Cockrell (ilb), 90-yd. interception return vs. Navy.
1988: Don Stokes, recovered blocked punt in end zone vs. Southern Miss; Jock Jones, recovered blocked punt in end zone vs. West Virginia; Roger Brown (cb), 55-yd. interception return vs. South Carolina; Leslie Bailey (ilb), 19-yd. interception return vs. South Carolina.
1989: Marcus Mickel, 90-yd. kickoff return vs. Clemson; Jock Jones (olb), 55-yd. interception return vs. Tulane; Roger Brown (cb), 55-yd. interception return vs. NC State.
1990: The ’90 season marked the first and only season to date during Beamer’s tenure that Tech failed to score at least one TD on either defense or special teams.
1991: P.J. Preston (olb), recovered fumble in end zone vs. Oklahoma; Ken Landrum, 18-yd. blocked punt return vs. Cincinnati; Kirk Alexander (fs), 95-yd. interception return vs. Cincinnati.
1992: Tyronne Drakeford (cb), 40-yd. interception return vs. East Carolina; Tony Kennedy, 91-yd. kickoff return vs. Louisville; Ken Brown (olb), 18-yd. interception return vs. Rutgers.
1993: William Ferrell, 7-yd. blocked punt return vs. Rutgers; DeWayne Knight (olb), 23-yd. fumble return vs. Syracuse; Jeff Holland (dt), 8-yd. fumble return vs. Virginia;
Lawrence Lewis (de), 20-yd. fumble return vs. Indiana; Antonio Banks, 80-yd. blocked field goal return vs. Indiana.
1994: Torrian Gray (rov), 66-yd. interception return vs. Boston College; Stacy Henley, 25-yd. blocked punt return vs. Temple; Lawrence Lewis (de), 60-yd. fumble return vs. East Carolina; Antonio Freeman, 80-yd. punt return vs. Pittsburgh.
1995: Jermaine Holmes, recovered blocked punt in end zone vs. Akron; Hank Coleman (de), 51-yd. fumble return vs. Rutgers; Myron Newsome (ilb), 71-yd. interception return vs. Rutgers; Larry Green (cb), 37-yd. interception return vs. West Virginia; Jim Baron (dt), 46-yd. fumble return vs. Temple; J.C. Price (dt), 19-yd. interception return vs. Temple; Antonio Banks (cb), 65-yd. interception return vs. Virginia; Bryan Still, 60-yd. punt return vs. Texas; Jim Baron (dt), 20-yd. fumble return vs. Texas.
1996: Cornelius White, 60-yd. blocked punt return vs. Syracuse; Keion Carpenter (fs), 100-yd. interception return vs. Miami.
1997: Carl Bradley (dt), recovered fumble in end zone vs. Rutgers; Pierson Prioleau (rov), 43-yd. fumble return vs. Rutgers; Lorenzo Ferguson (fs), 84-yd. interception return vs. Arkansas St.; Anthony Midget (cb), 22-yd. fumble return vs. Pittsburgh.
1998: Keion Carpenter (fs), 16-yd. interception return vs. Pittsburgh; Pierson Prioleau (rov), 85-yd. interception return vs. Boston College; Marcus Gildersleeve, recovered blocked punt in end zone vs. UAB; Ricky Hall, 17-yd. blocked punt return vs. West Virginia; Ricky Hall, recovered blocked punt in end zone vs. Syracuse; Loren Johnson (cb), 78-yd. fumble return vs. Syracuse; Ike Charlton (cb), 26-yd. interception return vs. Rutgers; Jamel Smith (lb), 98-yd. interception return vs. Rutgers; Anthony Midget (cb), 27-yd. interception return vs. Alabama.
1999: Ike Charlton (cb), 34-yd. interception return vs. Clemson; Corey Moore (de), 32-yard fumble return vs. Clemson; Cory Bird (rov), 26-yd. fumble return vs. Syracuse; Phillip Summers (rov), 43-yd. interception return vs. Syracuse; Tee Butler, recovered fumble by punter in end zone vs. Syracuse; Ricky Hall, 64-yd. punt return vs. Miami; Ike Charlton (cb), 51-yd. fumble return vs. Miami; Larry Austin (cb), 31-yd. interception return vs. Temple.
2000: Willie Pile (fs), 11-yd. interception return vs. Akron; Cory Bird, 9-yd. blocked punt return vs. East Carolina; André Davis, 87-yd. punt return vs. East Carolina; André Davis, 71-yd. punt return vs. Boston College; André Davis, 76-yd. punt return vs. West Virginia; Nathaniel Adibi (de), 36-yd. fumble return vs. UCF.
2001: Channing Reed (dt), 8-yd. fumble return vs. Rutgers; Kevin McCadam (rov), 69-yd. interception return vs. UCF; André Davis, 55-yd. punt return vs. UCF; Jim Davis (de), 27 yd. interception return vs. West Virginia; Kevin McCadam (rov), 9-yd. fumble return vs. Boston College; Ronyell Whitaker, 71-yd. blocked field goal return vs. Pittsburgh; Brandon Manning, 22-yd. blocked punt return vs. Miami.
2002: DeAngelo Hall, 69-yd. punt return vs. Arkansas State; DeAngelo Hall (cb), 49-yd. interception return vs. Arkansas State; Jason Lallis (dt), 59-yd. fumble return vs. Arkansas State; Alex Markogiannakis (ilb), 25-yd. fumble return vs. Western Michigan; DeAngelo Hall, 51-yd. punt return vs. Rutgers; Darryl Tapp, 11-yd. blocked punt return vs. Virginia; Willie Pile (fs), 96-yd. interception return vs. Miami.
2003: Jason Lallis (dt), 45-yd. interception return vs. UCF; Eric Green (cb), 84-yd. interception return vs. UConn; Mike Imoh, 91-yd. kickoff return vs. UConn; Chris Clifton, 16-yd. blocked punt return vs. UConn; Jimmy Williams (fs), 55-yd. interception return vs. Rutgers; DeAngelo Hall, 58-yd. punt return vs. Syracuse; DeAngelo Hall, 60-yd. punt return vs. Syracuse; Vincent Fuller (cb), 50-yd. fumble return vs. West Virginia; DeAngelo Hall (cb), 28-yd. fumble return vs. Miami; Eric Green (cb), 51-yd. interception return vs. Miami; DeAngelo Hall, 52-yd. punt return vs. Cal.
2004: Jason Lallis (de), 28-yd. fumble return vs. Western Michigan; Brandon Flowers (cb), 38-yd. interception return vs. Western Michigan; Vincent Fuller, 74-yd. blocked field goal return vs. West Virginia; Blake Warren (ilb), 46-yd. interception return vs. Florida A&M; Roland Minor (cb), 64-yd. interception return vs. Georgia Tech; Jimmy Williams (cb), 34-yd. interception return vs. Maryland.
2005: Roland Minor (cb), 23-yd. interception return vs. Duke; D.J. Parker, 78-yd. blocked field goal return vs. Georgia Tech; Xavier Adibi (ilb) 25-yd. interception return vs. Georgia Tech; Chris Ellis (de), 29-yd. interception return vs. Georgia Tech; Vince Hall (ilb) 15-yd. fumble return vs. Marshall; Vince Hall (ilb) 13-yd. interception return vs. Boston College; James Anderson (olb) 39-yd. interception return vs. Louisville.
2006: Brenden Hill (olb), 69-yd. interception return vs. North Carolina; Eddie Royal, 58-yd. punt return vs. Duke; Victor “Macho” Harris (cb), 72-yd. interception return vs. Cincinnati; Noland Burchette (de), 15-yd. fumble return vs. Kent State; Xavier Adibi (ilb), 35-yd. fumble return vs. Wake Forest.
2007: Victor “Macho” Harris (cb), 17-yd. interception return vs. East Carolina; Brandon Flowers (cb), 49-yd. interception return vs. William & Mary; Eddie Royal, 60-yd. punt return vs. William & Mary; D.J. Parker (fs), 32-yd. interception return vs. Clemson; Eddie Royal, 82-yd. punt return vs. Clemson; Victor “Macho” Harris, 100-yd. kickoff return vs. Clemson; Chris Ellis (de), 5-yd. interception return vs. Florida State; Xavier Adibi (ilb), 40-yd. interception return vs. Boston College; Justin Harper, 84-yd. punt return vs. Kansas.

< Awards >

I've received many awards throughout my career, especially here with Virginia Tech. I'd like to share with you some of my personal achievements that I hold very close to me and consider to be some of the greatest highlights of my life, as well as some things you may or may not know.

• Favorite has to be: 2006 Broyles Award Winner - Read my story about winning this award in My blog.
• The only Four-time finalist for the Broyles Award that goes to the Top Assistant Coach in the Country: 1999, 2001, 2005, 2006
• Named Defensive Coordinator of the Year by American Football Coach Magazine in 1999 and 2002.
• Another favorite - Receiving the Game Ball from the team after the Miami game in 2004 season. WE DEFEATED MIAMI 16-10 TO WIN THE ACC CHAMPIONSHIP.

< NFL Hokies >

You know the BIG names around the league. Here are the NFL players that I'm VERY proud to have had the opportunity to coach or be associated with along the way:

• Ben Taylor - One of the BEST football players, mentally and physically, I have ever coached.
• Nick Sorrenson - Probably the most unselfish player I have ever coached. Nick started at THREE different positions at Virginia Tech.
• DeAngello Hall - The BEST athlete I have had the opportunity to coach.

Here are some other Defensive Hokies in the NFL:

• Jimmy Williams - Atlanta
• Eric Green - Arizona
• James Anderson - Carolina
• Kevin McCadan - Carolina
• Garnell Wilds - Carolina
• JustinHamilton - Cleveland
• John Engelberger - Denver
• Jim Davis - Jacksonville
• Tim Sandidge - St Louis
• Vincent Fuller - Tennesse
• Pierson Prileau - Washington
• Darryl Tapp - Seattle
• Ronyell Whitaker - Minnesota
• Jonathan Lewis - Arizona

< Defensive Hokie Legends >

• Cornell Brown
• Corey Moore
• Bruce Smith

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