← Back to Coaches
Peak DominatorBalancedLong Career

Wallace Wade

1923-1950Alabama, Duke

2 schools coached, anchored by Duke.

Wallace Wade coached 24 seasons, won 76.5%, and posted an average SRS of 12.0. Best season: 1930 Alabama. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

171-49-10

Career Win %

76.5%

Seasons

24

Career Span

28 years

Average SRS

12.0

Peak SRS

25.0

Best Finish

#2

Consistency

51.8

Higher = steadier

Career Arc

Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.

Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.

Wallace Wade
EliteStrongAverageLean
Wallace Wade: 1931 Duke
1923Actual season year • SRS range -0.2 to 25.01950

Active comparison point

Wallace Wade1930

Selected

1930 Alabama

Best season

10-0 • SRS 25.0 • SP Overall

Win %

100.0%

YoY SRS

+16.4

SP Off / Def

/

Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.

School Tenures

Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger tenure

Duke

1931-195016 seasons

Avg SRS 11.2 • Win % 74.2%

Alabama

1923-19308 seasons

Avg SRS 13.5 • Win % 81.2%

Longest Tenure

Duke • 16 seasons

Best Tenure

Alabama • 13.5 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Alabama • 81.2%

Style and Strength Profile

Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.

These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.

Overall Strength

Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.

Not enough data to compare.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Not enough data to compare.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Wallace Wade

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall:

Insufficient sample

Impact by School

See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.

Duke

1931-1950110-36-7

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 11.2Win % 74.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.9 during vs 4.8 baseline

+2.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

11.2 during vs -6.6 baseline

+17.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

43.8% during vs 0.0% baseline

+43.8%

Alabama

1923-193061-13-3

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 13.5Win % 81.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.6 during vs 7.3 baseline

+0.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

13.5 during vs 2.3 baseline

+11.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 100.0% baseline

-100.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Alabama 1930

10-0SRS 25.0

Biggest Improvement

Alabama 1924

8-116.6 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Worst Season

Duke 1931

5-3-2SRS -0.2

Biggest Drop

Duke 1931

5-3-2-25.2 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Duke19501073070.0%#163.3-5.4+3.3%
Duke1949963066.7%8.7+0.3+11.1%
Duke1948943255.6%8.4+0.70.0%
Duke1947943255.6%#197.7-9.4+11.1%
Duke1946945044.4%17.1-0.1-45.6%
Duke19411091090.0%#217.2+1.0+12.2%
Duke1940972077.8%#1816.2-2.7-11.1%
Duke1939981088.9%#818.9+4.5-1.1%
Duke19381091090.0%#314.4+2.5+15.0%
Duke19371072175.0%#2011.9-5.7-15.0%
Duke19361091090.0%#1117.6+6.3+10.0%
Duke19351082080.0%11.3-1.1+2.2%
Duke1934972077.8%12.4+3.7-12.2%
Duke19331091090.0%8.7+2.4+20.0%
Duke19321073070.0%6.3+6.5+10.0%
Duke19311053260.0%-0.2-25.2-40.0%
Alabama1930101000100.0%25.0+16.4+33.3%
Alabama1929963066.7%8.6-4.30.0%
Alabama1928963066.7%12.9+12.2+11.7%
Alabama19271054155.0%0.7-19.0-40.0%
Alabama19261090195.0%19.7-0.3-5.0%
Alabama1925101000100.0%20.0+1.1+11.1%
Alabama1924981088.9%18.9+16.6+13.9%
Alabama19231072175.0%2.3

Similar Coaches

Related profiles are matched by style, strength band, volatility band, peak range, and career length.

Pappy Waldorf

same balanced identity • avg SRS within 0.9

Balanced

Avg SRS 11.1 • Peak SRS 26.928 seasons

Best finish #3 • Volatility 7.6

Open profile →

Frank Beamer

same balanced identity • avg SRS within 1.0

Balanced

Avg SRS 11.0 • Peak SRS 24.529 seasons

Best finish #2 • Volatility 7.4

Open profile →

Edward Robinson

same balanced identity • avg SRS within 1.3

Balanced

Avg SRS 10.7 • Peak SRS 31.424 seasons

Best finish Unranked • Volatility 8.0

Open profile →

Frank Cavanaugh

same balanced identity • avg SRS within 0.4

Balanced

Avg SRS 12.4 • Peak SRS 28.314 seasons

Best finish Unranked • Volatility 8.8

Open profile →

Robert Zuppke

same balanced identity • avg SRS within 0.6

Balanced

Avg SRS 11.4 • Peak SRS 36.429 seasons

Best finish Unranked • Volatility 9.8

Open profile →

Dan McGugin

same balanced identity • volatility within 0.5

Balanced

Avg SRS 8.9 • Peak SRS 25.430 seasons

Best finish Unranked • Volatility 7.1

Open profile →