15 Facts About Dave Clawson

David Paul Clawson was born on August 16,1967 and is an American retired college football coach and former player.

Dave Clawson previously served as the head football coach at Fordham University from 1999 to 2003, at the University of Richmond from 2004 to 2007, and at Bowling Green State University from 2009 to 2013.

Dave Clawson was a graduate assistant at UAlbany again in 1990, this time coaching the defensive secondary before earning a master's degree from the university in liberal studies.

Dave Clawson later went on to coach as an assistant at the University at Buffalo, Lehigh University, and Villanova University.

Dave Clawson got his first head coaching position at Fordham University.

Dave Clawson served as coach from the 2004 season until the end of the 2007 season, and was the 32nd football coach at the school.

On January 11,2008, it was announced that Dave Clawson had been hired as the new offensive coordinator for the Tennessee Volunteers football team by head coach Phillip Fulmer.

Dave Clawson replaced David Cutcliffe, who moved to Duke University as head coach.

Dave Clawson was hired as the head football coach at Bowling Green State University on December 12,2008, just 12 days after being let go by Tennessee.

Dave Clawson coached his first bowl, the 2009 Humanitarian Bowl, on December 30 in Boise, Idaho.

Dave Clawson was named head football coach at Wake Forest University on December 10,2013.

Dave Clawson was the seventh Wake Forest head coach to win the award.

Dave Clawson, who was named as an American Football Coaches Association Board of Trustee member on Jan 10,2022, signed a multi-year contract extension with Wake Forest on Nov 26,2021 ahead of the Demon Deacons winning the 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference Atlantic Division title and the 2021 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl Championship.

Dave Clawson has re-built the Deacons using a philosophy of strong recruiting classes, redshirting as many freshmen as possible, and having a strong strength and conditioning program.

Dave Clawson finished his career ranked eighth all-time in program history.