List of Wake Forest Demon Deacons head football coaches

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons college football team represents Wake Forest University in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Demon Deacons compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 33 head coaches since it began play during the 1888 season. Since December 2024, Jake Dickert has served as head coach at Wake Forest.

Seven coaches have led Wake Forest in postseason bowl games: Peahead Walker, John Mackovic, Bill Dooley, Jim Caldwell, Jim Grobe, Dave Clawson, and Dickert. Two of those coaches also won conference championships: Cal Stoll and Grobe each captured one as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Peahead Walker is the leader in games won and seasons coached with 77 wins in his 14 years as head coach each. Hank Garrity has the highest winning percentage at 0.722. Bill Hildebrand has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.175.

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Coaches + List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT CC NC Awards 1 1888 — — — — — — — — — — 2 1888–1889 — — — — — — — — — — 3 1891–1893 — — — — — — — — — — 4 1908 — — — — — — — — — — 5 1909 — — — — — — — — — — 6 1910 — — — — — — — — — — 7 1911–1913 — — — — — — — — — — 8 1914–1915 — — — — — — — — — — 9 1916 — — — — — — — — — — 10 1917 — — — — — — — — — — 11 1918–1919 — — — — — — — — — — 12 1920–1921 — — — — — — — — — — 13 1922 — — — — — — — — — — 14 1923–1925 — — — — — — — — — — 15 1926–1927 — — — — — — — — — — 16 1928 — — — — — — — — — — 17 1929–1932 — — — — — — — — — — 18 1933–1936 — — — — — 19 1937–1950 — — 20 1951–1955 — — 21 1956–1959 — — 22 1960–1963 — — 23 1964–1968 — — 24 1969–1971 — — 25 1972 — — 26 1973–1977 — — 27 1978–1980 — — 28 1981–1986 — — 29 1987–1992 — — 30 1993–2000 — — 31 2001–2013 — — — — AP College Football COY (2006)Bobby Dodd COY (2006)Sporting News COY (2006) 32 2014–2024 — — — — — 33 2025–present — — — — —

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