Wake Forest baseball coach Tom Walter apologized Tuesday morning after he appeared to utter a homophobic slur while in the dugout during his team’s loss to Tennessee on Monday night.

A moment during the ESPN broadcast of Wake Forest’s loss to Tennessee in the College World Series has Demon Deacons baseball coach Tom Walter in the middle of a controversy after he appeared to ...

Walter has served as Wake Forest's head coach since 2010, and is the program's second-winningest coach all time behind George Greer. In 2023, he was named the ACC Coach of the Year after the Demon ...

Wake Forest head baseball coach Tom Walter during a NCAA regional baseball game between Cincinnati and Wake Forest at Lindsey Nelson Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., on May 30, 2025.

Wake Forest coach Tom Walter issued a statement following his "outburst" during Tennessee baseball's regional title win against Wake Forest. ESPN cameras captured Walter muttering prior to ...