Wake Forest coach Dino Gaudio has hired Dave Wojcik as an assistant coach. Wojcik comes to Winston-Salem after working at Tulsa for the past four seasons, including as associate head coach this past season. According to a university press release, Gaudio and Wojcik have history together, in addition to connections to former Demon Deacon coach Skip Prosser, who died in 2007.
Wojcik joins Rusty LaRue as new additions to the Deacon coaching staff for the 2009-10 season. The two positions opened up when former assistant coach Pat Kelsey left to become the associate head coach at Xavier and when assistant coordinator of basketball operations Ryan Reynolds went to Arizona to join the staff of longtime mentor Sean Miller.
Wojcik comes to Winston-Salem to reunite with Gaudio, whom he played for in his prep days at Wheeling Central Catholic (W.Va.) High School and then coached under at Loyola (Md.) College.
Wojcik not only has deep-rooted ties to Gaudio but also to former Demon Deacon head coach Skip Prosser. He won a West Virginia state title under Gaudio in 1987 and then went on to play at Loyola from 1988-91.
Wojcik returned to his alma mater in 1993-94 as an assistant under Prosser, helping the Greyhounds win the MAAC title and advance to the school’s only NCAA Tournament appearance.
He then followed Prosser to Xavier and spent three seasons (1995-97) as an assistant coach with the Musketeers. During his time in Cincinnati, in which he coached alongside current Wake Forest associate head coach Jeff Battle, Wojcik helped Xavier reach two NCAA Tournaments and win 59 games.
