They’ve quarantined under different roofs. They’ve distanced themselves at home. Somehow, Dave Clawson’s family feels closer than before. -…

Dave, who admits to not being much of a cook, stepped up in a big way as the family took turns preparing meals at the beach.

He actually got a lot better at it, and I would give him the recipe and hed take care of it, Catherine says.

From left, Eric, Catherine, Dave and Courtney Clawson.

Clawson says he thinks back often to those days of March, April, May and most of June.

Early in the pandemic, we were all together the whole day, every day, Clawson says. And that brought our family closer together. We didnt get on each others nerves and we got along great.

The NCAA, meanwhile, lifted its moratorium on activities in late May, saying that athletes could begin returning to campuses in early June. And that's when the Clawsons had to come up with their new game plan.

'I don't get to see my wife and family at all?'

Though Clawson worked remotely for a majority of the time from their beach house, the couple was able to celebrate their 23rd wedding anniversary in June. Catherine remembers Dave correcting her a few years ago about their anniversary.

"I had it written on the calendar as our 18th anniversary," she says, "and he looks at it and says, 'You know, it's actually 19 years.' He was right, so he's never missed one."

But then, following the NCAA's and Wake Forest's decisions, the coach realized he would have to get back to Winston-Salem for the return of his players and for July camp.

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