Clawson: 'It was time' to step aside and make Wake Forest football coach 'somebody else's job'
Dave Clawson choked back tears multiple times as he explained why it was the right time for him to step down as Wake Forest’s coach amid a time of landscape-altering changes in college athletics
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Emotions bubbled up repeatedly for Dave Clawson, leaving him choking back tears as he explained why it was the right time for him to step down as Wake Forest's coach. They came as he talked about his players, his coaching staff, the high points of a successful 11-year run here and the ever-present demands on his family.
And yet, there was at least one thing Clawson wouldn't miss: running a program amid a time of landscape-altering changes in college athletics.
“You can't do something successfully, and it's not fair to the players or the institution if you're doing something that your whole heart and soul isn't into,” Clawson said at a news conference a day after the school announced his resignation.
“I did not want to do this, in my perfect world I'd be having this press conference in three or four years. But I just looked at kind of where the industry is right now, and I just felt like it was time.”
