Wake Forest Athletic History
 | | On October 18, 1888, Wake Forest defeated the University of North Carolina 3-2 in the first college football game played in the state of North Carolina. |
| Sport | Began | First Coach | Current Coach | ACC Titles | NCAA Titles |
| Football | 1888 | W.C. Dowd | Jim Grobe | 2 | 0 |
| Baseball | 1891 | unknown | Tom Walter | 7 | 1 |
| Men's Track | 1903 | C.C. Crittenden | John Millar | 0 | 0 |
| Men's Basketball | 1906 | J.R.Crozier | Jeff Bzdelik | 4 | 0 |
| Men's Cross Country | 1923 | Hank Garrity | John Millar | 4 | 0 |
| Men's Golf | 1933 | H.M. Poteat | Jerry Haas | 18 | 3 |
| Men's Tennis | 1954 | James Nicholson | Jeff Zinn | 0 | 0 |
| Field Hockey | 1971 | Nora Lynn Finch | Jen Averill | 2 | 3 |
| Volleyball | 1971 | Nora Lynn Finch | Heather Kahl Holmes | 0 | 0 |
| Women's Basketball | 1971 | Nora Lynn Finch | Mike Petersen | 0 | 0 |
| Women's Golf | 1971 | Marge Crisp | Dianne Dailey | 5 | 0 |
| Women's Tennis | 1972 | Nora Lynn Finch | Jeff Wyshner | 0 | 0 |
| Women's Cross Country | 1976 | Bill Dellastatious | John Millar | 1 | 0 |
| Men's Soccer | 1980 | George Kennedy | Jay Vidovich | 3 | 1 |
| Women's Track | 1983 | Ramsay Thomas | John Millar | 0 | 0 |
| Women's Soccer | 1994 | Chris Turner | Tony da Luz | 1 | 0 |