Wallace Wade
Wallace Wade went 171–49–10 as a head coach, 1923–1950, at Alabama and Duke. His teams claim three national titles: Alabama in 1925, 1926 and 1930. Share
- Record
- 171–49–10 career
- Seasons
- 24
- Schools
- 2
- National titles
- 3 claimed: 1925, 1926 and 1930
- Hall of Fame
- 1955 inducted
- Best season
- 1941 9–1, No. 2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | Alabama | 7–2–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1924 | Alabama | 8–1 | 1st | |||
| 1925 | Alabama | 10–0 | T–1st | Rose Bowl W | ||
| 1926 | Alabama | 9–0–1 | 1st | Rose Bowl T | ||
| 1927 | Alabama | 5–4–1 | 10th | |||
| 1928 | Alabama | 6–3 | 5th | |||
| 1929 | Alabama | 6–3 | 5th | |||
| 1930 | Alabama | 10–0 | T–1st | Rose Bowl W | ||
| 1931 | Duke | 5–3–2 | T–8th | |||
| 1932 | Duke | 7–3 | 9th | |||
| 1933 | Duke | 9–1 | 1st | |||
| 1934 | Duke | 7–2 | T–3rd | |||
| 1935 | Duke | 8–2 | 1st | |||
| 1936 | Duke | 9–1 | 1st | 11 | ||
| 1937 | Duke | 7–2–1 | 4th | 20 | ||
| 1938 | Duke | 9–1 | 1st | Rose Bowl L | 3 | |
| 1939 | Duke | 8–1 | 1st | 8 | ||
| 1940 | Duke | 7–2 | 2nd | 18 | ||
| 1941 | Duke | 9–1 | 1st | Rose Bowl L | 2 | |
| 1942–45: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1946 | Duke | 4–5 | 5th | |||
| 1947 | Duke | 4–3–2 | 4th | 19 | ||
| 1948 | Duke | 4–3–2 | 7th | |||
| 1949 | Duke | 6–3 | T–4th | |||
| 1950 | Duke | 7–3 | 6th | |||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
Players he coached
Fred SingtonConsensus All‑American, 1930
Fred CrawfordConsensus All‑American, 1933
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 15 | 4–11 | 27% |
| Against top-10 teams | 8 | 2–6 | 25% |
| Against rivals | 100 | 70–26–4 | 72% |
| Conference games | 148 | 115–28–5 | 79% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 5 | 2–2–1 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 68 | 34–24–10 | 57% |
| At home | 129 | 102–22–5 | 81% |
| On the road | 86 | 58–24–4 | 70% |
| At neutral sites | 15 | 11–3–1 | 77% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 190 | 151–31–8 | 82% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 40 | 20–18–2 | 53% |
His own 230 games on file, 1923–1950, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Alexander 1923–1941 | 11–4–1 | Georgia Tech | 16 | |
| Bob Neyland 1928–1950 | 4–9–2 | Tennessee | 15 | |
| D.C. Walker 1937–1950 | 7–3 | Wake Forest | 10 | |
| Doc Newton 1932–1941 | 9–0 | Davidson, NC State | 9 | |
| Harry Gamage 1927–1933 | 7–0 | Kentucky | 7 | |
| Carl Snavely 1934–1950 | 2–5 | North Carolina | 7 | |
| Andrew Kerr 1936–1941 | 6–0 | Colgate | 6 | |
| Gene McEver 1936–1941 | 6–0 | Davidson | 6 | |
| Raymond Wolf 1936–1941 | 4–2 | North Carolina | 6 | |
| George Woodruff 1923–1927 | 4–1 | Georgia | 5 |
Wallace Wade’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia Techseries | 21 | 13–7–1 |
| Tennesseeseries | 17 | 6–9–2 |
| Wake Forestseries | 16 | 13–3 |
| NC Stateseries | 16 | 12–3–1 |
| North Carolinaseries | 16 | 8–7–1 |
| Kentuckyseries | 11 | 11–0 |
| Davidsonseries | 11 | 10–0–1 |
| Sewaneeseries | 8 | 8–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918–20 | Fitzgerald & Clarke School (TN) high school | Head coach | |
| 1921–22 | Vanderbilt | Assistant coach | |
| 1923–30 | Alabama | Head coach | |
| 1931–41 | Duke | Head coach | |
| 1946–50 | Duke | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Dan McGuginVanderbilt
Assistants who became head coaches
- Russ CohenLSU, Cincinnati
- Jess NeelyClemson, Rice, Rhodes
- Carl VoylesWilliam & Mary, Auburn, Southwestern Oklahoma State, Brooklyn Dodgers, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- Horace HendricksonNC State, Elon
- Dutch StanleyFlorida
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan McGugin | Vanderbilt | 1921–22 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (5)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Cohen | Alabama, 1923–26: assistant coach | LSU, Cincinnati | |
| Jess Neely | Alabama, 1928–30: assistant coach | Clemson, Rice, Rhodes | |
| Carl Voyles | Duke, 1931–38: ends coach | William & Mary, Auburn, Southwestern Oklahoma State, Brooklyn Dodgers, Hamilton Tiger-Cats | |
| Horace Hendrickson | Duke, 1934–36: assistant freshmen; 1949–50: freshman coach | NC State, Elon | |
| Dutch Stanley | Duke, 1939–41, 1946: ends coach | Florida |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
Books and statues
Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there. Statues: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons; links only.