AD: Va. Tech took Wake info

Hokies say former assistant received game plan details.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Virginia Tech Athletic Director Whit Babcock has confirmed that a former assistant coach-turned-broadcaster at Wake Forest provided a former Hokies assistant with “some game plan information” in 2014.

Babcock said in a statement Thursday that he has no indication that the information was shared with staff members or used during the game. Retired coach Frank Beamer also said he “had no knowledge of what is being alleged.”

Babcock did not identify the assistant coach. Wake Forest won that game 6-3 in double overtime and finished the season 3-9.

Virginia Tech joins Louisville and Army in acknowledging their involvement in the scandal in which former Wake Forest assistant Tommy Elrod was fired as the analyst on Demon Deacons’ radio game broadcasts after the school determined he leaked or attempted to leak game plans. He also was banned from the school’s athletic facilities.

“We are disappointed and embarrassed that this type of information was distributed to, and apparently received by one of our former assistant coaches,” Babcock said.

The unidentified assistant did not remain on the staff when Beamer retired and was replaced by Justin Fuente, Babcock said.

Earlier Thursday, Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson said he feels betrayed and that his players were cheated by Elrod.

“I’ve never experienced this level of betrayal in coaching,” Clawson said after his team’s first practice since the school made public the results of a nearly monthlong internal investigation.

The scandal has garnered national headlines, overshadowing Wake Forest’s Military Bowl matchup with Temple.

“The big thing is that (the players) were cheated — they were not given a fair chance to compete on multiple occasions, but there’s nothing we can do about it,” Clawson said. “We found out what happened, we found out who did it, they’re no longer part of our program and now we need to move forward and try to win a bowl game.”

The school’s review began after documents related to the team’s game plan for the Nov. 12 game at Louisville were found at the Cardinals’ stadium.