Wake Forest Demon Deacons basketball
Wake Forest Demon Deacons basketball history
Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC)
Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, aka The Joel
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
Current head coach: Steve Forbes (2020-)
- Asst: BJ McKie (2020-)
- Asst: Matt Woodley (2020-)
- Asst: Jason Shay (2021-)
- Asst: Antanas Kavaliauskas (2020-)
- Asst: Demetris Nichols (2023-)
- DBO: Frank Davis (2020-)
- GM: Mike Muse (2022-)
- Video: Christopher Forbes (2020-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 1 (1962)
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 9 (1953, 1961, 1962, 1977, 1984, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2004)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 23 (1939, 1953, 1961, 1962, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2017)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 28-23
- NIT Championships: 1 (2000)
- NIT Appearances: 8 (1983, 1985, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2022, 2024)
- NIT Overall Record: 13-7
Conference Titles (SoCon, ACC):
- ACC Regular Season Championships: 3 (1962, 1995, 2003)
- SoCon Regular Season Championships: 1 (1939)
- ACC Tournament Championships: 4 (1961, 1962, 1995, 1996)
- SoCon Tournament Championships: 1 (1953)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 1 (Tim Duncan, 1997)
- John R. Wooden Award: 1 (Tim Duncan, 1997)
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 1 (Tim Duncan, 1997)
- AP Player of the Year: 1 (Tim Duncan, 1997)
- NABC Player of the Year: 1 (Tim Duncan, 1997)
- Sporting News Player of the Year: 1 (Tim Duncan, 1997)
- AP All-Americans: 12 (last = Chris Paul, 2005)
- ACC Player of the Year: 11 (last = Alondes Williams, 2022)
Wake Forest head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Steve Forbes | 2020-Pres | 71-54 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Manning | 2014-20 | 78-111 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff Bzdelik | 2010-14 | 51-76 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dino Gaudio | 2007-10 | 61-31 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Skip Prosser | 2001-07 | 126-68 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Dave Odom | 1989-2001 | 240-132 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Staak | 1985-89 | 45-69 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Tacy | 1972-85 | 222-149 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jack McCloskey | 1966-72 | 70-89 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Murdock | 1965-66 | 8-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bones McKinney | 1957-65 | 122-94 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Murray Greason | 1933-57 | 285-243 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Fred Emmerson | 1931-33 | 9-16 | – | – | – |
| R. S. Hayes | 1925-26, 30-31 | 27-16 | – | – | – |
| Patrick Miller | 1928-30 | 7-19 | – | – | – |
| James Baldwin | 1926-28 | 28-17 | – | – | – |
| Hank Garrity | 1923-25 | 33-14 | – | – | – |
| Phil Utley | 1922-23 | 12-5 | – | – | – |
| Bill Holding | 1919-20, 21-22 | 20-10 | – | – | – |
| J. L. White, Jr. | 1920-21 | 7-10 | – | – | – |
| Irving Carlyle | 1918-19 | 6-9 | – | – | – |
| E. T. MacDonnell | 1917-18 | 4-12 | – | – | – |
| J. R. Crozier | 1905-17 | 95-46 | – | – | – |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.