Clawson Named Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award Watch List
7/12/2022 1:00:00 PM | Football
Dave Clawson was named a finalist for the award last year after being named the 2021 ACC Coach of the Year.
ATLANTA, Ga. – Wake Forest head coach Dave Clawson was named a Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award Watch List Member, as announced by the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation and Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl on Tuesday.
Clawson, who enters his ninth year as the Demon Deacons head coach, was one of five finalists for the Dodd in 2021. The Award is given annually to the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision head coach whose team excels on the field, in the classroom, and in the community.
Within a week last season, Clawson was named a finalist for both the Dodd Trophy, the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award Coach of the Year finalist and a semifinalist for the George Munger Collegiate Coach of the Year Award.
Additionally, he was named both the 2021 ACC Coach of the Year by the ACC and the Associated Press, the ninth time a Wake Forest head coach has been honored as the ACC Football Coach of the Year and the first since 2006.
Wake Forest's 11-3 record in 2021 tied a program record for wins and marked the second time in program history that it has won double-digit games. Coach Clawson is now the only head coach in NCAA history to win at least 10 games in a single season at four different Division I institutions.
Wake Forest is 15-2 at home since the start of the 2019 season. Additionally with a perfect 6-0 mark this season, the Deacs recorded their first undefeated home record for the first time since 1979 and just the third time since Wake Forest's 1970 ACC Championship team. Meanwhile, six home wins ties the program record that was set in 2019.
Wake Forest has won nine-straight games inside Truist Field which marks the longest home winning streak in program history. The streak dates back to the win over Campbell on Oct. 2, 2020.
The Demon Deacons also rank second in the ACC since 2016 (excluding the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season) in total wins, tallying 41 victories in those five complete seasons.
Wake Forest placed a program-record 15 players on the 2021 All-ACC Teams and ranked fifth among all FBS teams in scoring at 41.0 points per game. Additionally, the program had a record 11 ACC All-Academic Team members as well as a program-record 79 student-athletes on the 2022 ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Nationally after climbing into the top 10 of the Associated Press and Amway Coaches Poll in 2021, the Wake Forest football team achieved its highest ranking in the College Football Playoff Poll in school history when the first ranking was released on Nov. 2 as the Demon Deacons were tabbed as the No. 9 this week according to the CFP selection committee. The Demon Deacons had their highest finish in the AP Poll in program history, ending the year at No. 15 in the poll.
Dave Clawson is 51-48 and enters his ninth year with the Demon Deacons. He is one just five head coaches in program history to have a winning record in his coaching career at Wake Forest and the first since D.C. "Peahead" Walker (77-51-6; 1937-50).
In addition to its success on the field, the football program currently boasts a 990, the highest among every program on the list. Additionally, Wake Forest is the only FBS program in the nation to have a 990+, a 90-plus graduation rate and six or more bowl games under their current head coach.
