"This is my dream job"
Foster is entering his 34th season as an assistant coach, all under Beamer. He still has aspirations to become a head coach at a school in one of the "Power 5" conferences, but doesn't believe he needs to prove himself at a smaller school.
By no means is he trying to push Frank Beamer, who he calls "a great man" and the face of Virginia Tech athletics, out the door. In fact, he's turned down job offers from other prominent coaches like Kevin Sumlin, Jimbo Fisher, Mark Richt, Dabo Swinney, and Steve Spurrier (twice), to remain by his mentor's side.
Yet, he envisions himself taking over Beamer Co. once the man he simply refers to as "Coach" retires. When Foster had his initial meeting with Babcok, he was asked where he saw himself in three years.
"I said, 'You know Whit, just like you said you found your dream job, this is my dream job,'" Foster said. "'You've been here three months and I've been here for 27 years and built this program.'
"The thing I let him know though, I'm not a status quo guy. I'm not going to be Frank Beamer. I'm going to carry on the foundation that Frank Beamer started and build on it. Just like Tom Osborne did for Bob Devaney, or Jimbo Fisher after Bobby Bowden. We built something here and I'm a big part of that."
Foster said he could have been more aggressive pursuing other opportunities, but he knows there are a lot of dead end jobs in his business. More than that, Virginia Tech and Frank Beamer have provided Bud and his family stability in an industry where turnover is the norm.
