Football
Bari, Chad
Chad Bari
- Title:
- Assistant Director, Sports Performance - Football
- Email:
- baricm@wfu.edu
- Phone:
- 336- 758-4148
Wake Forest football coach Dave Clawson announced on Jan. 8, 2021 that Chad Bari was promoted to director of sports performance. He is set to enter his third season in that leadership role this fall.
Prior to the promotion, Bari had worked with Clawson for the past nine years at both Wake Forest and Bowling Green State University as he served as an assistant on the strength and conditioning staff at each school. During that span, he worked with seven student-athletes who have been selected in the NFL draft.
During his tenure at Wake Forest, where he just completed his eighth season, Bari played a key role during one of the most successful six-year stretches in program history. The Demon Deacons have earned a Wake Forest record six-straight bowl berths, which is the third-longest streak in the ACC, and won 45 games during that span.
Over the course of his career has focused on building strong relationships with student-athletes, staff and helping the young men have worked each day to become the best individuals they can be on and off the field. In recent years, Bari has managed the Demon Deacons Catapult System that measures how each player performs on a daily basis at practice to ensure that they are set for peak performance each Saturday during the season.
Additionally, Bari has been instrumental in Wake Forest's Pump Up for Piccolo event that integrates the Deacs football program with University greek life and other student groups each spring. The annual event serves as one of the signature philanthropic events at Wake Forest to benefit the Piccolo Cancer Research Fund.
Bari is a 2012 graduate of Youngstown State University with a bachelor's degree in Exercise Science and Human Performance. He finished his degree with an internship at Bowling Green, working in the strength and conditioning department. He was then hired full-time as an assistant strength and conditioning coach in May of 2012.
Also at BGSU, Bari headed the strength and conditioning programs for baseball, softball, men's and women's soccer, swimming, tennis, track & field and men's golf.
Before entering into collegiate athletics, Bari was a trainer at Jump Stretch Inc. in Youngstown, Ohio. He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist.
Chad and his wife, Rachael, and their children, Stella and Margot, reside in Winston-Salem.
Prior to the promotion, Bari had worked with Clawson for the past nine years at both Wake Forest and Bowling Green State University as he served as an assistant on the strength and conditioning staff at each school. During that span, he worked with seven student-athletes who have been selected in the NFL draft.
During his tenure at Wake Forest, where he just completed his eighth season, Bari played a key role during one of the most successful six-year stretches in program history. The Demon Deacons have earned a Wake Forest record six-straight bowl berths, which is the third-longest streak in the ACC, and won 45 games during that span.
Over the course of his career has focused on building strong relationships with student-athletes, staff and helping the young men have worked each day to become the best individuals they can be on and off the field. In recent years, Bari has managed the Demon Deacons Catapult System that measures how each player performs on a daily basis at practice to ensure that they are set for peak performance each Saturday during the season.
Additionally, Bari has been instrumental in Wake Forest's Pump Up for Piccolo event that integrates the Deacs football program with University greek life and other student groups each spring. The annual event serves as one of the signature philanthropic events at Wake Forest to benefit the Piccolo Cancer Research Fund.
Bari is a 2012 graduate of Youngstown State University with a bachelor's degree in Exercise Science and Human Performance. He finished his degree with an internship at Bowling Green, working in the strength and conditioning department. He was then hired full-time as an assistant strength and conditioning coach in May of 2012.
Also at BGSU, Bari headed the strength and conditioning programs for baseball, softball, men's and women's soccer, swimming, tennis, track & field and men's golf.
Before entering into collegiate athletics, Bari was a trainer at Jump Stretch Inc. in Youngstown, Ohio. He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist.
Chad and his wife, Rachael, and their children, Stella and Margot, reside in Winston-Salem.
Wake Forest Football Highlights vs WCU (Sept 6, 2025)
Sunday, September 07
Sterling Berkhalter snags a 51-yard touchdown
Saturday, September 06
Demond Claiborne takes it 85 yards for his 3rd TD of the day
Saturday, September 06
Claiborne get his 2nd score of the day
Saturday, September 06
