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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. 3 stints shaped the career arc.

Career record
171-49-10
Career win rate
76.5%
Average SRS
12.0
Peak SRS
25.0

Career Dossier

One glance at the full arc.

The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.

Seasons coached
24
Career span
28 years
Best finish
#2
Consistency
51.8

Primary school anchor

Duke

Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 92.6.

Career Arc

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

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

Wallace Wade
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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

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Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

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

Ranked opponent record

Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.

Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

1-11

Games
12
Win rate
8.3%

Top 10

0-6

Games
6
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-2

Games
2
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results12
1950 Regular Week 7DukeMaryland#18L14-26
1950 Regular Week 4DukeTennessee#18L7-28
1947 Regular Week 8DukeGeorgia Tech#9L0-7
1946 Regular Week 8DukeGeorgia Tech#7L0-14
1946 Regular Week 7DukeArmy#1L0-19
1946 Regular Week 4DukeTennessee#10L7-12
1946 Regular Week 3DukeNC State#12L6-13
1941 Postseason Week 1DukeOregon State#12L16-20
1940 Regular Week 4DukeTennessee#5L0-13
1939 Regular Week 8DukeGeorgia Tech#13W7-6
1938 Postseason Week 1DukeUSC#7L3-7
1936 Regular Week 6DukeTennessee#17L13-15

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Duke

1946-19505 seasons

Avg SRS 9.0 • Win % 58.7%

Duke

1931-194111 seasons

Avg SRS 12.3 • Win % 80.8%

Alabama

1923-19308 seasons

Avg SRS 13.5 • Win % 81.2%

Longest tenure
Duke • 11 seasons
Best tenure
Alabama • 13.5 SRS
Best tenure win rate
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
Percentile

Insufficient sample

Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.

Impact by school

See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.

Duke

1946-195025-17-4

Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.

Avg SRS 9.0Win % 58.7%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Duke

1931-194185-19-3

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

Avg SRS 12.3Win % 80.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.7 during vs 4.8 baseline

+2.9

Avg SRS

Higher is better

12.3 during vs -6.6 baseline

+18.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

54.5% during vs 0.0% baseline

+54.5%

Alabama

1923-193061-13-3

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint 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

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