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NC State Head Coach Candidate: Will Wade’s Unlikely Path to Becoming a Head Coach

Related Topics: Will Wade, Shaka Smart, Larry Shyatt

You don’t have to play ball to know ball.

Will Wade is proof of that.

Wade’s alma mater is Clemson, but he didn’t play basketball for the Tigers.

He was a Student Manager for the Clemson basketball team for 4 years, which was the same role he had for his high school basketball team.

Wade played JV as a freshman in high school and served as a Student Manager his final three years.

The McNeese St. Head Coach, Will Wade, never planned on being a basketball coach; he thought he was going to be a history teacher.