About Frank Beamer:
Frank Beamer took over a Virginia Tech football program
that was largely unsuccessful in its first century, having reached only six bowl games to that point. Beamer has since built the Hokies into a perennially ranked team. In 24 years
at the helm of VT, his overall record is 198–95–2 (.675). His teams have made 18 consecutive bowl appearances, and Beamer has gone 8–10 in those 18 bowls, including 1–4 in BCS bowls and 1–1 in BCS-precursor Bowl Alliance bowls. During the bowl streak, Beamer has amassed a record of 174–55 (.760). Since Beamer's first season in 1987, a player
at every position on the defensive unit has scored at least
one touchdown, and at least 25 different players have scored touchdowns while on Virginia Tech's special teams

The Maxwell Football Club presented its first award for the best college football player to Clinton E Frank of Yale in 1937.

In 1959, following the death of its founder Bert Bell, The Maxwell Football Club's Professional Player of the Year Award was instituted and it presented the Bert Bell Trophy. The first winner of the Bell Trophy was Johnny Unitas of the then Baltimore Colts.

In 1989, the Maxwell Football Club introduced a trio of new awards to recognize the men behind the players of the game.

The first new honor was the Earle "Greasy" Neale Award for the Professional Coach of the Year. The inaugural winner was Chuck Noll of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Next, the first Reds Bagnell Award for Contributions to the Game of Football was given to longtime NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle. Finally, the George Munger Award for the NCAA Division I football coach of the year was awarded to Bo Schembechler of the University of Michigan.

In 1995, the Maxwell Football Club introduced the Chuck Bednarik Award, presented to the top defensive collegiate football player. The first winner was Pat Fitzgerald of Northwestern University.

For 2010, the George Munger Award has been renamed the Joseph V Paterno Award, in honor of the only man to win the award three times.

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The Joseph V. Paterno Award is given yearly by the Maxwell Football Club to a college football coach in the United States. The award was created “to honor the spirit of Coach Paterno, whose long-time success on the field has been matched only by his impact away from it”.

The award is selected by the 16 person Paterno Award Selection Commitee which is comprised of national media figures and selected retired college coaches and Sports Information Directors.

The Joe V. Paterno Award replaces the George Munger Award, which was presented by the Maxwell football club from 1989 to 2009. The New name is in honor of the only man to win the award three times.