James Donald Wade (August 10, 1928 – June 7, 2007) was an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at
Tennessee Technological University
Tennessee Technological University, commonly referred to as Tennessee Tech, is a public research university in Cookeville, Tennessee, United States. It was formerly known as Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, and before that as University of Dixie ...
from 1968 to 1982, compiling a record of 81–78–3. Wade was also the
athletic director
An athletic director (commonly "athletics director" or "AD") is an administrator at many American clubs or institutions, such as colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of coaches and ...
at Tennessee Tech from 1974 to 1980.
A native of
Tyronza, Arkansas
Tyronza is a city in Poinsett County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 762 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area and is in the Arkansas Delta.
Geography
Tyronza is located at (35 ...
, Wade played
college football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
at
Clemson University
Clemson University () is a public land-grant research university in Clemson, South Carolina. Founded in 1889, Clemson is the second-largest university in the student population in South Carolina. For the fall 2019 semester, the university enro ...
as a
linebacker
Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage and the defensive linemen. They are the "middle ground" of defenders, p ...
from 1950 to 1952 for head coach
Frank Howard. He served as an assistant coach at his alma mater under Howard from 1953 to 1967. Wade died on June 7, 2006, in
Clemson, South Carolina
Clemson () is a city in Pickens and Anderson counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. Clemson is home to Clemson University; in 2015, ''the Princeton Review'' cited the town of Clemson as ranking #1 in the United States for " town-and-gown" ...
.
Head coaching record
References
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1928 births
2007 deaths
American football linebackers
Clemson Tigers football coaches
Clemson Tigers football players
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles athletic directors
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football coaches
People from Poinsett County, Arkansas
Coaches of American football from Arkansas
Players of American football from Arkansas
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