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Report: Wake Forest set to hire former Richmond football coach Dave Clawson

Chris Graham

Wake Forest is reportedly set to hire Bowling Green football coach Dave Clawson to replace Jim Grobe, who stepped down last week after a 13-year run that included an appearance in the 2006 Orange Bowl.

clawsonClawson just led Bowling Green to the MAC championship and a 10-3 regular season record. Overall, Clawson is 32-31 in five seasons at Bowling Green.

Grobe announced his resignation after the Demon Deacons stumbled to a 4-8 finish in 2013. He was 77-82 overall at Wake.

Clawson’s previous stops include a year at Tennessee as offensive coordinator in 2008 and a successful run at Richmond that took the Spiders from a 3-8 record in his first season in 2004 to an 11-3 season in 2007 that ended in the FCS national semifinals.

The core of the team that he recruited then went on to win a national championship a year later under Mike London, who guided Richmond to the national quarterfinals in 2009 before getting the head job at Virginia.

Clawson also led a rebuilding project at Fordham from 1999-2003, taking a program that went 0-11 in his first season to a 10-3 mark in 2002 and a 9-3 finish in 2003.

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Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to Substack or his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].

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