Wake Forest University

• Location: Winston-Salem, NC
• Nickname: Demon Deacons
• Conference: Atlantic Coast Conference 1954-present; Southern Conference 1937?-1953
• Ballpark: Wake Forest Baseball Park 2009-present; Gene Hooks Stadium 1981-2008; Ernie Shore Field 1956-1980

College World Series Appearances: 3 1949, 1955, 2023

Statistics of MLB players who are school alumni

College World Series title in 1955

College World Series runner-up in 1949

Many major league players have come from Wake Forest University. The alumnus with the most major league at-bats through 2023 is Buddy Lewis; Willard Marshall has the most home runs. The alumnus with the most major league victories is Vic Sorrell. The campus was originally located in Wake Forest, NC, but moved to Winston-Salem between 1946 and 1956.

Coaches

• James White, 1921
• Hank Garrity, 1924-1925
• John Caddell, 1926-1939
• Murray Greason, 1940-1942, 1946-1947
• Frank Novosel, 1948
• Lee Gooch, 1949-1950
• Taylor Sanford, 1951-1955
• Charles Teague, 1956
• Gene Hooks, 1957-1959
• Jack Stallings, 1960-1968
• Neil Johnston, 1969-1971
• Beattie Feathers, 1972-1975
• Marvin Crater, 1976-1987
• George Greer, 1988-2004
• Rick Rembielak, 2005-2009
• Tom Walter, 2010-present

Assistant Coaches

• Rob Cooper, 1996
• Eric Niesen, 2017

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1950			SoCon
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957	13-7	9-5
1958	12-9	7-6
1959	13-8	9-6
1960	14-7	7-7
1961	23-7	9-5
1962	20-11	10-5	CWS District Tournaments
1963	28-11	11-3	CWS District Tournaments
1964	23-7	9-4
1965	14-15	7-7
1966	12-12	7-7
1967	8-15-1	4-8-1
1968	10-24-1	5-15-1
1969	13-20	9-11
1970	11-21	6-15
1971	7-19	2-12
1972	8-18	3-11
1973	6-16	5-7	ACC
1974	8-20	0-12	ACC
1975	9-20	3-9	ACC
1976	22-11	5-7	ACC
1977	31-13	7-5	ACC / CWS Regionals
1978	23-14	7-5	ACC
1979	28-9	9-3
1980	17-13	5-8	ACC
1981	20-19	3-9	ACC
1982	26-12-1	6-5	ACC
1983	17-18	5-6	ACC
1984	17-25	1-13	ACC
1985	23-32-2	1-12-1	ACC
1986	29-21	6-8	ACC
1987	19-31	4-13	ACC
1988	32-26	7-12	ACC
1989	35-23	9-10	ACC
1990	35-24-2	10-10	ACC
1991	37-22	10-10	ACC
1992	36-22	11-13	ACC
1993	31-22	9-13	ACC
1994	37-20	10-14	ACC
1995	34-24	13-11	ACC
1996	26-32	7-16	ACC
1997	37-20	10-13	ACC
1998	43-23	13-10	ACC / CWS Regionals
1999	47-16	16-7	ACC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2000	41-20-1	14-10	ACC / CWS Regionals
2001	44-18	16-8	ACC / CWS Regionals
2002	47-13-1	17-6	ACC / CWS Regionals
2003	29-24	8-15	ACC
2004	17-33	4-20	ACC
2005	28-30	12-18	ACC
2006	33-22	16-13	ACC
2007	34-29	14-16	ACC / CWS Regionals
2008	25-31	13-16	ACC
2009	22-30	6-24
2010	18-37	8-22
2011	25-31	15-15	ACC
2012	33-24	13-17	ACC
2013	28-27	9-20
2014	30-26	15-15	ACC
2015	27-26	12-18
2016	35-27	13-17	ACC / CWS Regionals
2017	43-20	19-11	ACC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2018	25-32	13-17	ACC
2019	31-26	14-16	ACC
2020	10-8	1-2
2021	20-27	10-22
2022	41-19-1	15-14-1	ACC / CWS Regionals
2023	54-12	22-7	ACC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals / CWS
2024	38-22	15-15	ACC / CWS Regionals

Further Reading

• Mark Feinsand: "Burgeoning baseball factory Wake Forest has trio of Top 10 picks", mlb.com, July 14, 2024. [1]
• Tim Peeler: The Easter Monday Baseball Game: North Carolina State and Wake Forest on the Diamond, 1899-1956, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2013. ISBN 978-0-7864-7452-3