Dave Clawson stepping down as Wake Forest football coach

by | Dec 16, 2024

Wake Forest head football coach Dave Clawson is stepping down after 11 seasons, according to ESPN and other sources.

ESPN also reports he is expected to remain with the university in an advisory role. Clawson is 57.

The report from ESPN also states, “He leaves with a record of 67-69, the best winning percentage of any Wake Forest football coach since the school joined the ACC in 1953. He led Wake Forest to seven of the 17 bowl games in school history and five of the school’s 11 total bowl wins.”

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