Jake Dickert crossed the country to take over at Wake Forest , which has found regular success as a private university with one of the smallest power-conference enrollments.

“I came here because I believe that we can win,” Dickert said.

Dickert takes over in Winston-Salem after Dave Clawson unexpectedly stepped down to end an 11-year tenure. Dickert is only the fifth coach in 32 years at a school long patient for coaches to build out their system.

Dickert arrives from Washington State aiming to inject energy after Clawson's last two teams won just eight games. Yet he also points out Wake Forest is the only one of the “Big Four” Atlantic Coast Conference teams in North Carolina to win a league title in four decades (2006).

Jim Grobe led that team, building a developmental system t

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