BLACKSBURG (WSLS 10) -- Shane Beamer has been coaching Virginia Tech football for five years but his life with the Hokies started at age four.
"It's when you have that downtime that you think back and have memories and get emotional and what not," he said. "But right now once we got back into the game week routine it was business as normal. As much as it can be."
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"You know that time is coming. I knew he was never going to be a guy that coaches into his late 70s so I knew the time was coming. But it doesn't make it any easier."
His sister, Casey Prater, was six when the Beamers came to Blacksburg.
"It still was kind of a shock because I was like oh my gosh it's really coming to an end," Casey said.
The hardest part for Coach Beamer's children is a tough call.
"That's a good question. Probably just the thought of him not coaching," Shane said. "I know he's doing what he wants to do but he's been a head football coach since I was 4-years-old. And that's all I know. That and just the fact that a lot of programs talk about being a family it really is here with the amount of people in his staff."
Coaches Shane said he's known his entire life, many of whom have coached with his father their entire careers.
"You see their families grow up and it's a close knit group here. Just thinking about that not being quite the same from here on out is emotional to think about. Probably the hardest thing regardless of my future is just thinking about somebody other than him leading the team out of the tunnel at Lane Stadium. It's weird to think about."
"We've had so many amazing memories and we've gotten to experience so many great things," Casey echoed.
Retirement will make way for more time with family.
"I've got three children of my own my sister has one so I know he's looking forward to being able to spend more time with them. I'm looking forward to him being able, along with my mom, being able to follow my coaching career a little bit more closely."
But the Beamers are not rushing the next few weeks.
"What I want is for us to win these next two games and win a bowl game and then we'll worry about everything after that," Shane said.