Wake Forest Athletics
Gold Rush: From the AD
12/26/2019 7:44:00 PM | General
Football, Men’s Soccer Successes Should Make Every Deacon Proud
(Originally published in December 2019 issue of Gold Rush)
Demon Deacon Nation,
Season's Greetings and Happy Bowl Season! As I write this letter, we are excitedly making our final plans and preparations for the New Era Pinstripe Bowl, and I look forward to seeing
all of Deacon Nation at Yankee Stadium on December 27.
Competing in the Pinstripe Bowl is a great way to cap off an amazing season for a truly special team. Coach Clawson and his squad set a school record with six home wins at BB&T Field and claimed another Big 4 Championship — our eighth title in program history.
The Deacs have been on the rise since the turn of the century, and our competitiveness among the Big 4 schools is evidence of that trend. Since 2001, Wake Forest boasts a record of 30-18 against our Big 4 rivals. We are 14-5 against the Blue Devils, 6-4 versus the Tar Heels, and 10-9 against the Wolfpack. In fact, we are 43-18 against all in-state opponents during the same time period.
While we certainly owe a lot of this success to Coach Clawson and his staff as well as our dedicated student-athletes, our fans deserve so much credit. Deacon Nation has been there every step of the way and never stopped believing that we can compete for championships in football at Wake Forest. Your faith in our program has helped propel us to where we are today.
On behalf of Coach Clawson and our entire team, we salute you for your passion, commitment, and the incredible pride you take in being a Demon Deacon, and we can't wait to see you back at BB&T Field next year.
Building on the momentum of this year, the 2020 season promises to be another memorable one for the Deacs, so start making your plans now. After a road game at Old Dominion, we'll open the 2020 season at home versus Appalachian State on Sept. 11, host Villanova on Sept. 19, and then head down the road to Charlotte to take on Notre Dame at Bank of America Stadium on Sept. 26.
The game in Charlotte is an amazing opportunity to showcase all our Wake Forest passion and pride on a national stage, and it will undoubtedly be an outstanding experience for our team and our fans. Tickets are scheduled to go on sale in late December, so be on the lookout for more information.
Coach Bobby Muuss and the Demon Deacon men's soccer team concluded an outstanding season with the program's sixth trip to the College Cup. It is incredible what this truly elite program has accomplished — and none of it is easy to do.
While competing in the best collegiate soccer conference in the country, our team defeated seven top 25 opponents this year, received a top-five seed in the NCAA Tournament for the fifth consecutive year under Coach Muuss and made the Round of Eight for the fourth time in five years before advancing to the Final Four.
Thank you to all the fans who packed Spry (and Alumni Hill) throughout the season, earning the 2019 NCAA home attendance crown and helping create the electric atmosphere that fueled our team to victory. You play a key role in the continued success of this elite team, and we are grateful for your support!
On December 7, we kicked off the 30th anniversary of the LJVM Coliseum and recognized key community leaders who helped make the Coliseum possible. Throughout basketball season and at each men's and women's home game, we'll be spotlighting memories and moments from the Coliseum's history. Look for a special Gold Rush cover story on 30 years of the Joel Coliseum in the next issue.
Cheers to lots of big Deacon wins in 2020!
Go Deacs!
John Currie
Director of Athletics
Demon Deacon Nation,
Season's Greetings and Happy Bowl Season! As I write this letter, we are excitedly making our final plans and preparations for the New Era Pinstripe Bowl, and I look forward to seeing
all of Deacon Nation at Yankee Stadium on December 27.
Competing in the Pinstripe Bowl is a great way to cap off an amazing season for a truly special team. Coach Clawson and his squad set a school record with six home wins at BB&T Field and claimed another Big 4 Championship — our eighth title in program history.
The Deacs have been on the rise since the turn of the century, and our competitiveness among the Big 4 schools is evidence of that trend. Since 2001, Wake Forest boasts a record of 30-18 against our Big 4 rivals. We are 14-5 against the Blue Devils, 6-4 versus the Tar Heels, and 10-9 against the Wolfpack. In fact, we are 43-18 against all in-state opponents during the same time period.
While we certainly owe a lot of this success to Coach Clawson and his staff as well as our dedicated student-athletes, our fans deserve so much credit. Deacon Nation has been there every step of the way and never stopped believing that we can compete for championships in football at Wake Forest. Your faith in our program has helped propel us to where we are today.
On behalf of Coach Clawson and our entire team, we salute you for your passion, commitment, and the incredible pride you take in being a Demon Deacon, and we can't wait to see you back at BB&T Field next year.
Building on the momentum of this year, the 2020 season promises to be another memorable one for the Deacs, so start making your plans now. After a road game at Old Dominion, we'll open the 2020 season at home versus Appalachian State on Sept. 11, host Villanova on Sept. 19, and then head down the road to Charlotte to take on Notre Dame at Bank of America Stadium on Sept. 26.
The game in Charlotte is an amazing opportunity to showcase all our Wake Forest passion and pride on a national stage, and it will undoubtedly be an outstanding experience for our team and our fans. Tickets are scheduled to go on sale in late December, so be on the lookout for more information.
Coach Bobby Muuss and the Demon Deacon men's soccer team concluded an outstanding season with the program's sixth trip to the College Cup. It is incredible what this truly elite program has accomplished — and none of it is easy to do.
While competing in the best collegiate soccer conference in the country, our team defeated seven top 25 opponents this year, received a top-five seed in the NCAA Tournament for the fifth consecutive year under Coach Muuss and made the Round of Eight for the fourth time in five years before advancing to the Final Four.
Thank you to all the fans who packed Spry (and Alumni Hill) throughout the season, earning the 2019 NCAA home attendance crown and helping create the electric atmosphere that fueled our team to victory. You play a key role in the continued success of this elite team, and we are grateful for your support!
On December 7, we kicked off the 30th anniversary of the LJVM Coliseum and recognized key community leaders who helped make the Coliseum possible. Throughout basketball season and at each men's and women's home game, we'll be spotlighting memories and moments from the Coliseum's history. Look for a special Gold Rush cover story on 30 years of the Joel Coliseum in the next issue.
Cheers to lots of big Deacon wins in 2020!
Go Deacs!
John Currie
Director of Athletics
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