Dave Clawson choked back tears multiple times as he explained why it was the right time for him to step down as Wake Forest’s coach amid a time of landscape-altering changes in college athletics.

Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson has resigned.

Wake Forest has signed football coach Dave Clawson to what it calls a long-term contract extension after Clawson guided the No. 21 Demon Deacons a historically successful season.