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

Charlie Wade
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamHawai'i
ConferenceBig West
Record292-125 (.700)
Biographical details
Born (1963-10-08) October 8, 1963 (age 61)
Redondo Beach, California
Alma materCal State Fullerton (1991)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Women's volleyball
1987–1988Cal State Fullerton (assistant)
1995–1997Hawai'i (assistant)
1998–2005Hawai'i (associate)
2006–2008Pacific
Men's volleyball
2010–presentHawai'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)

Coaching career

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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

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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

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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

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Women's

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Pacific Tigers (Big West Conference) (2006–2008)
2006 Pacific 8–21 3–11
2007 Pacific 18–9 9–7
2008 Pacific 12–16 10–6
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

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) (2010–2017)
2010 Hawai'i 19–10 14–8 4th
2011 Hawai'i 15–13 13–9 5th
2012 Hawai'i 7–20 4–18 12th
2013 Hawai'i 11–17 10–14 8th
2014 Hawai'i 15–12 13–11 9th
2015 Hawai'i 24–7 18–4 2nd NCAA Play-In
2016 Hawai'i 16–12 11–11 7th
2017 Hawai'i 27–6 14–4 3rd NCAA Semifinals
Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors (Big West Conference) (2018–present)
2018 Hawai'i 19–8 6–4 T–2nd
2019 Hawai'i 28–3 8–2 2nd NCAA Runner-Up
2020 Hawai'i 15–1[n 1] 0–0 Postseason not held
2021 Hawai'i 17–1 10–0 1st NCAA Champion
2022 Hawai'i 27–5 7–3 2nd NCAA Champion
2023 Hawai'i 29–3 9–1 T–1st NCAA Runner-Up
2024 Hawai'i 23-7 5-5 3rd
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

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

References

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  1. ^ "Happy Birthday to Head Coach, Charlie Wade! - University of Hawaii Men's Volleyball". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-02-26. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Charlie Wade becomes University of Hawaii men's volleyball coach - Malamalama, The Magazine of the University of Hawai'i System". www.hawaii.edu.
  3. ^ "Pacific Tigers Official Athletic Site". Pacific. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  4. ^ "Wade Named New Men's Volleyball Head Coach". University of Hawaii at Manoa Athletics. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Wade named AVCA Coach of the Year | University of Hawaiʻi System News". Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  6. ^ "Charlie Wade - Men's Volleyball Coach". University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  7. ^ Ramos, Chavonnie. "UH men's volleyball head coach Charlie Wade accused of possible misconduct". Ka Leo O Hawaii. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  8. ^ Luis, Cindy (April 25, 2019). "Hawaii men's volleyball: Charlie Wade under investigation for possible misconduct". www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  9. ^ Luis, Cindy (2020-01-14). "Hawaii men's volleyball coach Charlie Wade cleared of misconduct allegations". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  10. ^ "UH Men's Volleyball Head Coach Charlie Wade cleared of misconduct allegations". KHON2. 2020-01-14. Retrieved 2020-04-03.