New Head Football Coach for Virginia Tech James Franklin said he can't wait to run out to his first ever Enter Sandman. So back in 2000, Virginia Tech had just installed a new Jumbotron and needed ...

The Virgina Tech Hokies have used the 1991 tune as their entrance song at football games for over 20 years Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.

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James Franklin, the new football coach for Virginia Tech, got a taste of the school's "Enter Sandman" tradition when he walked into Cassell Coliseum for his introductory press conference on Wednesday.

The energy builds from the first guitar notes emanating across Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium, a low and ominous riff building to a thumping heavy-metal peak. As it does, the Hokies barrel out of the ...