Will Wade, former LSU coach, officially lands D1 head coaching job
Will Wade has been named the head men’s basketball coach at McNeese State.
The former LSU coach was out of coaching for exactly 1 year. The Tigers fired Wade for cause on March 12, 2022 as a result of LSU formally receiving a notice of allegations from the NCAA.
Wade’s tenure at LSU was marred by controversy and a lengthy NCAA investigation. Wade went 105-51 as LSU’s head coach.
At McNeese State, Wade will take over a program that hasn’t made the NCAA Tournament since 2002. Still, his new program has high expectations for results moving forward.
“This is a completely different job than it was three years ago,” athletic director Heath Schroyer said in a press release. “McNeese Basketball is one of the best jobs in the nation in regards to one-bid leagues. We are funded at the top of the league, have the best facility, a passionate fan base and many other built-in advantages. I will not make excuses for why we can’t win and win big. Quite frankly, there is no excuse.
“The days of us celebrating making conference tournaments or accepting mediocrity in all of our sports, let alone in basketball, are over.”
According to college basketball insider Jeff Goodman, Wade could still face sanctions as a result of his tenure with LSU.
Wade still waiting on the ruling from the IRP.
McNeese rolling the dice, and Schroyer feels that it’s worth it to get a coach of Wade’s caliber.
And Wade felt as though it was best move to get back in at whatever level rather than waiting another year. https://t.co/IJRYPD4xsj
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) March 12, 2023
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Why should McNeese state be mediocre. When we have Will Wade. One of the biggest cheats known to NCAA basketball. Even though he isn’t very good at not getting caught he promises all of the fan’s ,alumni and the AD who hired him that this time around he will do a much better job at covering his tracks of being caught red handed like he did at LSU while denying he had done anything wrong. Just the kind of coach everyone wants representing their program.
He’s just the guy that got caught. Actually, one of the guys that got caught. Please don’t try and act like LSU was the only school paying players, and all of the top recruits were going to other schools for free.
No dig at LSU , just at Wade. The AD at McNeese State. How could you hire this guy. I do realize that there were several schools caught red handed in the probe, but Wade denied any wrongdoing and denied he did nothing wrong. When all the truth came out it proved he was a lie and a cheat. If he wasn’t LSU wouldn’t have fired him with cause.
If you actually read the allegations made by the NCAA you won’t see any committed directly by Will Wade. Don’t get me wrong, there obviously were infractions by people around Wade but not near what has been implied and nowhere near the biggest cheats known to NCAA basketball.