 The 2012 season saw Wake Forest finish 5–7 with a 3–5 record in ACC play.Grobe resigned as head coach after the 2013 season, a 4–8 campaign, with a 77–82 overall record.Dave Clawson was hired away from Bowling Green as the Demon Deacons head football coach, his hiring made official at a press conference on December 10, 2013.