Frank William Wade

About

American college basketball coach who served as the head coach at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga from 2013 to 2015, Virginia Commonwealth University from 2015 to 2017, and Louisiana State University from 2017 to 2022. He was fired by LSU in March of 2022 amid "serious" allegations of NCAA violations.

Before Fame

He started his career as the student manager of the Clemson men's basketball team. Tommy Amaker then brought him in as his first hire as Harvard University men's basketball coach where he was responsible for helping to recruit a top 25 class for the program. Shaka Smart then hired him at VCU.

Trivia

On March 7, 2019, it was reported that he had discussed an "offer" to a recruit, which was overheard on a Federal Bureau of Investigation wiretap. The offer he made was reportedly a large one.

Family Life

He was born in Nashville, Tennessee. His father used to take him to high school and Vanderbilt University basketball games as a child. He attended Franklin Road Academy in Nashville and graduated from Clemson University. He and his wife, Jennifer Lauren Deason, had a daughter in 2015.

Associated With

Two of his former LSU players include Antonio Blakeney and Cameron Thomas.