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  Bill Faircloth
Bill Faircloth

Player Profile
Hometown:
Raleigh, N.C.

Position:
Assistant Athletic Director, Football

Experience:
31st Season

Alma Mater:
Wake Forest, 1964

The Bill Faircloth File:
Hometown: Raleigh, N.C.
Birth Date: August 8, 1942
Birth Place: Raleigh, N.C.
Wife: Becky
Children: Scott, Woody and Barry
Daughters-In-Law: Tricia, Heather and Beth
Grandchildren: Rhett, Stowe, Grace, Mary Scott, Mac, Catherine, Spencer, Sophia and Olivia
Alma Mater: Wake Forest University, 1964
Graduate School: University of Alabama, 1965

Coaching History:
Seasons at Wake Forest: 31st
1983-Current: Assistant Athletic Director/Football, Wake Forest
1978-82: Assistant Coach, Wake Forest
1976-77: Assistant Coach, Duke University
1973-75: Head Coach, Catawba College
1966-72: Assistant Coach, Catawba College

Playing History:
1961-63: Wake Forest (Earned three letters in football; team captain in 1963; starter at right tackle in 1963; named Academic All-ACC in 1963)

Faircloth Bio:
Bill Faircloth, known affectionately to Wake Forest players for decades as "Big Daddy,"  has been directly affiliated with Demon Deacon football since 1960.

He begins his 43rd year in college football as a coach or administrator and his 31st year on the Wake Forest football staff.


Faircloth handles a wide range of responsibilities within the football program as an aide to Jim Grobe.

Faircloth is now in his 26th year in this role after spending five seasons as an assistant coach, including the 1979 campaign when he helped guide WFU to the Tangerine Bowl.

In April 2004, the foyer of the recently renovated Pruitt Football Center was dedicated as the "Faircloth Foyer" in honor of Faircloth's dedication and long-time service to the Wake Forest football program and university as a whole.

Faircloth also coached previously at Catawba College from 1966-75, including three years as head coach (1973-75), and was an assistant at Duke during 1976 and 1977.

A 1964 Wake Forest graduate, Faircloth earned three varsity letters as a lineman. As a senior, he was a starting tackle, team captain and an All-ACC Academic selection. He received his master's degree from Alabama in 1965.

Faircloth and his wife, Becky, have three sons (Scott, Woody & Barry) and three daughters-in-law (Tricia, Heather & Beth), all Wake Forest graduates.

They also are the proud grandparents of Rhett, Stowe and Grace, children of Woody and Heather; Mary Scott, Mac and Catherine, children of Scott and Tricia; and Spencer, Sophia and Olivia, daughters of Barry and Beth.