| Wake Forest Demon Deacons | |
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| University | Wake Forest University |
| Conference | ACC |
| NCAA | Division I (FBS) |
| Athletic director | John Currie |
| Location | Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Varsity teams | 18 |
| Football stadium | Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum |
| Baseball stadium | David F. Couch Ballpark |
| Soccer stadium | Spry Soccer Stadium |
| Mascot | Demon Deacon |
| Nickname | Demon Deacons |
| Fight song | O Here's to Wake Forest |
| Colors | Old gold and black[1] |
| Website | godeacs |
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The Wake Forest Demon Deacons are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Wake Forest University, located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
Wake Forest has won a total of 10 national championships in six different sports; six of these championships have come since 2002. Wake Forest is sometimes referred to as being a part of "Tobacco Road" or "The Big Four", terms that refer to the four North Carolina schools that compete heatedly against each other within the ACC; these include Duke University, North Carolina, and North Carolina State, as well as Wake Forest.
Originally, Wake Forest's athletic teams were known as The Old Gold and Black or the Baptists, due to its association with the Baptist Convention (from which it later separated itself). However, in 1923, after a particularly impressive win against Trinity College (predecessor of Duke University) a newspaper reporter wrote that the Deacons "fought like Demons", giving rise to the current team name, the "Demon Deacons".
The Athletics Director was Ron Wellman, who won multiple Athletic Director of the Year Awards for his work during the 2007–2008 school year.[2] In 2019, Wellman announced his retirement, effective May 1, 2019. On March 2, 2019, Wake Forest named alum John Currie as its new athletics director,[3] and later promoted to vice president in July 2024.[4]
- ^ "Logos & Branding – Wake Forest University". November 24, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
- ^ "Ron Wellman Earns Second AD of the Year Award". Cstv.com.
- ^ "After messy exit at Tennessee, John Currie gets a fresh start at Wake Forest". www.si.com. March 2, 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
- ^ Pantages, Will (June 27, 2024). "Wake Forest, John Currie Ink Long-Term Contract Extension". Wake Forest University Athletics. Retrieved July 8, 2024.