Staff Directory

Tarik Muse
Tarik Muse
  • Title:
    Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach - Football
Tarik Muse came to Winston-Salem in Feb. 2022 as the Deacs Football Sports Performance Coordinator and is set to enter his fourth season with the football program and was retained to work on Ben Iannacchione’s staff as an Assistant Director, Strength & Conditioning in Jan. 2025. 
 
Prior to coming to Wake Forest, Muse spent two seasons (2020-21) at Kansas as the Jayhawks Assistant Football Sports Performance Coach. From internships to other positions, Muse has worked at Mercer, Youngstown State, NC State, Duke and Akron. 
 
With that, he is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. 
 
Muse is a 2019 graduate of Youngstown State University with a bachelor's degree in Applied Science. He earned his master's in Higher Educational Leadership from Mercer in 2020.
 
 
 
QB Robbie Ashford takes it himself for the score
Thursday, September 11
Chris Barnes scores the TD on the game's first kick
Thursday, September 11
Matt Barrie SportsCenter at Wake Forest with Demond Claiborne
Wednesday, September 10
Matt Barrie SportsCenter on Wake Forest Campus (Arnold Palmer Complex)
Wednesday, September 10