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Wake Forest head football coach Dave Clawson sits down with Stan Cotten, the Voice of the Demon Deacons, to discuss the Deacs' opening-season victory over Old Dominion University as well as their contest with Norfolk State University this Saturday.

Dianne Dailey, a member of the 2020 Wake Forest Athletics Hall of Fame class, was the head coach of the Demon Deacons from 1988 to 2018. During this period, she won numerous individual and team awards including four ACC Championships and four ACC Coach of the Year awards.

Wake Forest head football coach Dave Clawson sits down with Stan Cotten, the Voice of the Demon Deacons, to discuss the start of the 2021 football season as the Deacons prepare to host Old Dominion University on Friday night.

Wake Forest head football coach Dave Clawson sits down with Stan Cotten, the Voice of the Demon Deacons, to discuss the 2021 football season.

Howard is a former Wake Forest basketball student-athlete, NBA star, and current head basketball coach at the University of North Texas at Dallas.

Associate Athletic Director and Wake Forest Alum, Ashley Wechter, joins this week’s edition of the Deac2Deac Podcast.

On today’s pod, Wechter joins alum Kevin Smith to talk about her time as a former Wake Forest track & field student-athlete and her recent elevation to Associate Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Development & Administration.

Chip Vaughn, a former All-ACC defensive back for the Demon Deacons and current New York Jets assistant Coach, joins this week’s edition of the Deac2Deac Podcast.

On today’s pod, Vaughn joins alum Kevin Smith to talk about his highly successful career and why he chose Wake Forest.

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Vaughn returns for his second season with the New York Jets as a defensive assistant this fall, having been retained by Head Coach Robert Saleh in 2021. For Vaughn, this is his second season coaching in the NFL following five years in college football working with defensive backs at Air Force, Fayetteville State and Winston-Salem State.

In his first season with the Jets (2020), Vaughn assisted with a young secondary as the team started rookie or second-year players at corner for the final seven games. Since Week 11, fifth-round rookie Bryce Hall started the final seven, undrafted rookie Lamar Jackson started four (six total), second-year sixth-round pick Bless Austin started three (10 total) and undrafted rookie Javelin Guidry started two. Guidry registered four forced fumbles to lead the team, tied for the most among rookies and the only player with four forced fumbles in 200 or fewer defensive snaps.

Prior to the Jets, Vaughn was part of an Air Force team that finished the 2019 season ranked in the Top 25 with two wins over Power 5 teams, including Washington State in the Cheez-It Bowl. The defense finished 17th in total defense and seventh in rush defense, while the secondary saw three players selected to All-Mountain West Conference teams, one of which earned an undrafted free agent contract with the Arizona Cardinals.

Vaughn was selected to the 2020 American Football Coaches Association 35 Under 35 Coaches Leadership Institute. A Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship coach with New Orleans during training camp in 2018, he was also one of 15 coaches selected to participate in the 2018 NFL-NCAA Coaches Academy.

A former fourth-round selection by New Orleans in 2009, Vaughn missed his rookie season, and the Saints Super Bowl run, with an injury suffered in training camp. He appeared in three games the following season with Indianapolis before going on injured reserve and retiring the following year due to injuries while with Carolina.

A four-year defensive back at Wake Forest, Vaughn was named first team All-ACC as a senior and received honorable mention as a junior. He led the Demon Deacons in tackles his junior year and finished second as a senior, finishing his college career with 258 tackles, three interceptions, 22 pass breakups, four fumble recoveries, one forced fumble, and one fumble returned for a touchdown.

A native of Goldsboro, NC, Vaughn double majored in Sociology and Religion at Wake Forest and is in the process of earning his MBA from Fayetteville State. He and his wife, Erin, have a daughter, Luna Isabella.

Michael Bingham, an Olympic Bronze Medalist and eight-time ACC champion, joins this week’s edition of the Deac2Deac Podcast.

On today’s pod, Bingham joins alum Kevin Smith to talk about his highly successful career and why he chose Wake Forest.

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Bingham began his Demon Deacon career in 2005, winning the grueling decathlon (10 events over two days) at the ACC Championship as a freshman and went on to win the USATF decathlon that summer. The Burlington, N.C. native would go on to see action in the next four seasons, culminating in an Olympic Bronze Medal, NCAA Championship Indoor title, eight ACC Championship titles and record-holder in both the indoor and outdoor 400 meters for Wake Forest.

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Bingham and the Brits finished fourth with Bingham running the third leg. He took the baton in sixth place and moved up into fourth. It took years but the Russians were forced to vacate their third place finish, allowing Bingham and his teammates Andrew Steele, Robert Tobin and Martyn Rooney to claim the bronze medal.

Hannah Maxwell, a breakout freshman for the Demon Deacons on the field hockey turf in 2021, joins host Kevin Smith on this week’s edition of the Deac2Deac podcast.

On today’s podcast, Maxwell talks with Kevin about the first time she met Jen Averill, why she ultimately chose Wake Forest and what it was like making Sportscenter’s Top 10 Plays during her freshman season.

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Maxwell appeared in 17 games her freshman season, making seven starts, including starting all six games the Deacs played in the spring at forward. She was twice named ACC Offensive Player of the Week, first earning the honor on March 9 for her brace in the Deacs’ 3-0 win over Boston College.

Her second honor came on March 30, where she earned Co-Offensive Player of the Week honors in the ACC for her golden goal in overtime to give Wake Forest a 3-2 overtime win at home vs. Virginia. It was the Forty Fort, Pa. native’s first collegiate game-winning goal.

Maxwell finished her freshman campaign tied for second on the team with four goals. She compiled 18 shots (11 shots on goal), good for a 0.611 SOG percentage.

Prior to coming to Winston-Salem, Maxwell was a standout at Wyoming Seminary High School in Kingston, Pa., where she was a four-year letter winner in field hockey. The Blue Knights won Pennsylvania state titles three times while Maxwell was a part of their squad, and Maxwell was named to All-State teams four times during her prep career.

Jen Hoover, a three-time All-ACC selection in women’s basketball and current the all-time wins leader as women’s basketball coach at Wake Forest, joins host Kevin Smith on this week’s podcast.

On today’s podcast, Coach Hoover discusses her favorite Demon Deacon memory, the challenges the last year brought on her team, how she and her staff coaches during the offseason and her reputation as a player developer.

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Hoover was in a class of her own during her time as a student-athlete on Reynolda Campus. Playing under her maiden name, Jenny Mitchell, Hoover played for the Deacs from 1987-1991. During her freshman season, Mitchell helped Wake Forest to its first ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament, where she scored the winning basket over Villanova to advance to the second round.

Her 1,728 career points led the Demon Deacon record books for over 20 years until they were surpassed by Dearica Hamby. The pair remain the only two Deacs to surpass 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in program history. Hoover still holds WFU career records for field goals (763), field goal percentage (.607) and double-doubles (50).

Hoover was named to three All-ACC teams during her career, and was a Fast Break All-American her final three seasons in Black and Gold. She was named to the 50th Anniversary Team by the ACC during the 2002-2003 season, and was inducted into the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.

Following her playing career, Hoover began coaching women’s basketball at the collegiate level, with stops at Cal, Virginia, Memphis, James Madison, East Carolina, VCU and Missouri-Kansas City. She was hired as the head coach at her alma mater in 2012, after coaching one season as head coach at High Point University.

Since returning to Winston-Salem, Hoover has set the program record for career wins with 126, and took the Deacs back to the NCAA Tournament in 2021, the first berth for Wake Forest since her own freshman season. She’s coached players to All-ACC teams seven times as head coach, and has coached the Deacs’ first and second ever WNBA draft picks (Hamby, Ivana Raca).