Charlie Wade

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Charlie Wade
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Hawai'i
Conference Big West
Record292-125 (.700)
Biographical details
Born (1963-10-08) October 8, 1963 (age 60)
Redondo Beach, California
Alma mater Cal State Fullerton (1991)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Women's volleyball
1987–1988 Cal State Fullerton (assistant)
1995–1997 Hawai'i (assistant)
1998–2005 Hawai'i (associate)
2006–2008 Pacific
Men's volleyball
2010–present Hawai'i
Head coaching record
Overall292-125 (.700) (men's)
38–46 (.452) (women's)
Tournaments8–4 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
AVCA Coach of the Year (2019)
Big West Coach of the Year (2022, 2023)

Charlie Wade (born October 8, 1963) [1] is the head coach of the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball team. [2]

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Coaching career

Wade spent 11 years at the University of Hawai'i with the Rainbow Wahine volleyball staff, nine as an associate coach to Dave Shoji, help guiding Hawaii to 11 conference championships, 11 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances, six Regional Finals, and four Final Fours. During that time span, Hawaii held a conference record of 160-1, an overall record of 310-39 and an NCAA Championship match in 1996. Wade was also instrumental in producing eight All-Americans and 18 All-America awards, including two National Players of the Year.

Wade departed Hawaii after the 2005 season to accept the head coaching position for the women's team at Pacific. Wade served as head coach of the women's volleyball program at the University of the Pacific from 2006–2008. [3]

After being out of coaching for a year, Wade was named head coach for the men's team at the University of Hawaii following the resignation of Mike Wilton. [4]

After leading the Rainbow Warriors to the NCAA title match, Wade was named 2019 AVCA Coach of the Year. [5]

Personal life and education

In 1981, Wade graduated Warsaw Community High School (Warsaw, IN), and received a bachelor's degree in kinesiology from Cal State Fullerton in 1991.

Wade is married to former University of Washington volleyball player Tani Martin, with whom he has three sons, Makana, Kainoa & Kekoa. [6]

Misconduction allegation

In April 2019, Wade was put under investigation for misconduct against a female player in California when he was coaching a club volleyball team, an allegation which led to the resignation of Long Beach State assistant Scott Touzinsky. [7] [8] Wade was cleared of all misconduct by the United States Center for SafeSport in January 2020, and was able to claim his AVCA coach of the year award. [9] [10]

Head coaching record

Women's

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Pacific Tigers (Big West Conference)(2006–2008)
2006Pacific 8–213–11
2007Pacific 18–99–7
2008Pacific 12–1610–6
Pacific:38–46 (.452)22–24 (.478)
Total:38–46 (.452)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Men's

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation)(2010–2017)
2010Hawai'i 19–1014–84th
2011Hawai'i 15–1313–95th
2012Hawai'i 7–204–1812th
2013Hawai'i 11–1710–148th
2014Hawai'i 15–1213–119th
2015Hawai'i 24–718–42nd NCAA Play-In
2016Hawai'i 16–1211–117th
2017Hawai'i 27–614–43rd NCAA Semifinals
Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors (Big West Conference)(2018–present)
2018Hawai'i 19–86–4T–2nd
2019Hawai'i 28–38–22nd NCAA Runner-Up
2020Hawai'i 15–1 [n 1] 0–0Postseason not held
2021 Hawai'i 17–110–01st NCAA Champion
2022 Hawai'i 27–57–32nd NCAA Champion
2023 Hawai'i 29–39–1T–1st NCAA Runner-Up
2024Hawai'i 23-75-53rd
Hawai'i:292–125 (.700)142–94 (.602)
Total:292–125 (.700)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Notes

  1. Season not played past March 6 due to COVID-19 pandemic

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