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Ex-LSU Coach Will Wade Hired At McNeese State

by Staff Reporter

March 12, 202331 Comments

Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports

Former LSU coach Will Wade is back in college basketball and won't be far from Baton Rouge.

Wade, who was fired from LSU last March, was hired on Sunday by McNeese State and will be introduced as the school's new coach on Monday. Per ESPN:

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"I'm so excited to welcome Coach Wade, his wife Lauren and daughter Caroline to Southwest Louisiana and McNeese!" athletic director Heath Schroyer said. "This is a completely different job than it was three years ago. 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."

Wade had been eager to return to coaching, sources told ESPN, and McNeese State had been laying the groundwork to hire Wade for weeks.

Wade, 40, spent five seasons in Baton Rouge, guiding LSU to three straight NCAA tournament appearances to end his tenure. The Tigers won the SEC regular-season title in 2019 and finished in the top three of the league three times.

Filed Under: LSU Basketball

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bayoubilly57•19 months

GOOD LUCK WILL YOU SHOULD STILL BE A TIGER! SCOTT SHOULD BE FIRED ASP!!!

Timeoday•19 months

Is that an L sign in the first pic? Is he projecting the future?

NorthSider72•19 months

Well maybe now all the WW infatuates can switch allegiance over to McNeese and clear the hell out of the LSU fanbase. So tired of the worship of this idiot.

alschroed•19 months

What he did at LSU is now legal; you can pay players now through advertisers and other businesses.

Tigers4Lyfe•19 months

You're wrong! You can't pay players out your wife's checking account. The school CANNOT pay players as well.

Tiger1988•19 months

Oh Scotty. So you cut a deal to protect football and JUST AFTER THE EXACT HOUR, Wade is announced as basketball coach at McNeese.

Wade agreed to a year off from the VCU situation NOT LSU. You fired him to protect against the sanctions from the 4 football violations including that shite that went down with thr exOline coach and whatever else mess O and Les had done.

It is clear now. NCAA had shite on Wade.

texastigerr•19 months

Football funds every other sport at LSU, men's and women's. If you don't have football, you have no athletic program at all. So you pick. Do you want football and every other sport or just basketball? Every nonrevenue, non-profit-generating sport at LSU depends on the millions brought in from football.

ThatTahoeOverThere•19 months

Boot Up!!

Morpheus•19 months

Guy is salesman at Heart and he will absolutely be back. Its who will be smart enough to land this dude. He has the edge and energy it takes and is most certainly built for todays game.

TDFreak•19 months

Why is CWW flashing a “L” hand sign when hopping off the plane? Force of habit?

FlyinTiger93•19 months

Close enough to monitor his program, and rehire in 3 years.

Tigers4Lyfe•19 months

tPear looking good in blue and gold. Rumors are Brian Kelly is next.

Signal Soldier•19 months

Baw lost some weight. Looking good

Northshoretiger87•19 months

Give him two years, and he’ll be smokin Lsu.

TwoDatBait•19 months

Not sure it will even take him that long…