19 Facts About Justin Fuente

Justin James Fuente was born on July 30,1976 and is an American college football coach.

Justin Fuente was the head football coach at Virginia Tech from 2016 to 2021.

Justin Fuente was an assistant at Texas Christian University from 2007 to 2011 and previously at Illinois State University from 2001 to 2006.

Justin Fuente attended the University of Oklahoma before transferring to Murray State University after his redshirt sophomore season.

Justin Fuente played a single season with the Oklahoma Wranglers of the Arena Football League.

Justin Fuente has coached quarterbacks as an assistant or head coach including three-time Pro Bowler Andy Dalton, first-round draft pick Paxton Lynch, and arena football quarterback Jerod Evans.

Justin Fuente married his wife Jenny in 2005 and they have three daughters.

Justin Fuente attended Union High School in Tulsa and played football as a quarterback, where he threw for 6,104 yards and 65 touchdowns.

Justin Fuente redshirted at Oklahoma for the 1995 season behind Eric Moore at quarterback.

However, after Oklahoma opened the season with a loss to TCU, Blake named Justin Fuente the starting quarterback.

Justin Fuente entered the 1997 season as the starting quarterback, but started only five games, winning two and losing three.

At Murray State, Justin Fuente was named the Ohio Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Year and a finalist for the Walter Payton Award following the 1999 season.

Justin Fuente still holds several single-season records at Murray State for a quarterback including: most pass completions, highest pass efficiency, most passing yards, and most touchdown passes.

In May 2000, Justin Fuente signed a contract with the Wranglers as their third-string quarterback.

Justin Fuente was named a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year award.

Justin Fuente's contract was extended and he received a raise at the close of the 2014 season for a total of a 5-year deal at approximately $1.4 million per year.

Justin Fuente won the 2016 ACC Coach of the Year following the regular season.

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic college football season, Justin Fuente's Hokies failed to qualify for a bowl, snapping the program's 29-year streak of bowl games, the longest such in the country at the time.

Virginia Tech and Justin Fuente agreed to mutually part ways with two games remaining in the 2021 season after losses to Boston College, Syracuse, Notre Dame, and Pittsburgh.