Mark Anthony Wade (born October 15, 1965) is an American former professional
basketball
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player. A and
point guard
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, Wade played
college basketball
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at the
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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where in 1986–87 he set the
NCAA
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record for assists in a season, with 406 (in 38 games).Mark Wade named assistant coach ''GoBonnies.com'' ; retrieved June 8, 2007 He spent the
1987–88 NBA season
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with the
Golden State Warriors
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, and played one game for the
Dallas Mavericks
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in 1989–90.
In 2002, Wade was named assistant coach for the
St. Bonaventure Bonnies
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Florida Atlantic University
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, and Cheyenne High School, and was a player-assistant coach with the
International Basketball League
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's
Las Vegas Silver Bandits
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The team president was Michael A. Olsen. The V.P. of Basketball Operations was Cindy Ha ...
.
On July 12, 2007, an arrest warrant was issued by the Riverside County Superior Court, alleging Wade violated California Penal Code section 503, embezzlement over $400. Wade was hired as an assistant coach at the
University of California, Riverside
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in April 2005. He was fired on January 5, 2007. Wade has been charged with embezzling more than $15,000, some of which he was supposed to use to cover team expenses while the squad was playing road games during the 2006 Christmas break, even though Wade did not accompany the team on that trip.
The embezzled funds include two UCR checks in the amounts of $5,963.00 and $2,430, an electronic funds transfer in the amount of $2,016 and a $1,548 travel cash advance he received in November.Ex-UCR assistant basketball coach pleads guilty to embezzlement ''The Press-Enterprise'', March 15, 2008
Furthermore, Wade maintained a past due balance of $3,868.40 on his UCR corporate bank card that the university said it ended up writing off as a loss. ''The Press-Enterprise'', July 26, 2007
In March 2008, Wade pleaded guilty to embezzlement. He was sentenced on May 14, 2008. He was placed on three years' probation and handed a 150-day jail sentence. /ref> He started serving the time on a work-release program in August 2008.