Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson realistic about first-year challenges Posted Jul 24, 2014 First-year Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson offered a unique twist on the inevitable question of what he thought of his Demon Deacons getting pegged as a last-place team in the preseason media poll at the annual ACC Kickoff. "Were we picked to win it?" Clawson said wryly. "Were we unanimous first? We were?" (Syracuse Post-Standard)