ອະດີດຄູຝຶກສອນຂອງ LSU ຈະ Wade ຕົກລົງທີ່ຈະຕົກລົງ 5 ປີຢູ່ທີ່ລັດ McNeese

Will Wade’s exile from college basketball didn’t last long.

One year after being fired by LSU, Wade has agreed to a 5-year deal to coach McNeese State located in Lake Charles, La., a person with direct knowledge of the situation said. He has already reached out to several former LSU assistants about joining his staff.

McNeese State hasn’t reached the NCAA Tournament since 2002, while Wade took LSU to two NCAA Tournaments and VCU to two. LSU made a Sweet 16 appearance in 2019, but Wade was suspended the final five games of that season season. Tony Benford coached the team and was credited with the wins and losses.

Wade is the latest coach involved in the 2017 FBI investigation into bribery in college basketball to find his way back to the coaching ranks. After Arizona parted ways with Sean Miller in 2021, he last year was re-hired at his old school Xavier and led the Musketeers to a second-place finish in the Big East and to the Big East Tournament final, where they lost to Marquette.

Wade and Sean Miller were both subpoenaed in the FBI trial in 2019, but neither ever took the stand.

Kansas coach Bill Self, whose school was also at the center of the FBI investigation, remains with the Jayhawks and won his second NCAA championship a year ago. Louisville fired Rick Pitino in 2017 but he landed at Iona in 2020 and is now the top target at St. John’s. He was exonerated last fall by the NCAA’s IARP of wrongdoing in the Louisville pay-for-play scandal involving recruit Brian Bowen.

One year ago Sunday, LSU fired Wade after the school was with eight Level 1 violations, considered the most serious, including seven connected to the basketball program. One Level 1 violation included a “failure to exercise institutional control and monitor …its football and men’s basketball programs.”

“Notably, our decision to terminate Coach Wade and Coach Armstrong is not an acknowledgement of agreement with any of the allegations,” ໂຮງຮຽນເວົ້າວ່າ at the time. “The University will determine its positions on the allegations after an exhaustive and objective examination of the relevant facts and applicable NCAA regulations.

Wade, 40, hung on at LSU for several years despite the school being caught up in the FBI investigation.

In taped calls depicted in the two-hour HBO documentary “The Scheme,” Wade discussed with Christian Dawkins, a runner in the basketball world and want-to-be-agent, in colorful language the recruitment of players Naz Reid, Nassir Little and Javonte Smart.

"ຂ້ອຍໄດ້ໄປຫາລາວດ້ວຍຂໍ້ສະ ເໜີ ກົ້ນທີ່ເຂັ້ມແຂງປະມານ ໜຶ່ງ ເດືອນກ່ອນ," Wade ກ່າວໃນການໂທ, ລາຍງານຄັ້ງ ທຳ ອິດໃນວັນທີ 7 ມີນາ 2019, ໂດຍອ້າງອີງໃສ່ Smart. "[Expletive] ແຂງແຮງ. ມັນແມ່ນຂໍ້ສະເຫນີ helluva [expletive].”

"ຂ້ອຍຄິດວ່າວິທີດຽວທີ່ເຈົ້າສາມາດຕີຄວາມ ໝາຍ ຂອງຜູ້ໃດຜູ້ ໜຶ່ງ ໃນຖານະທີ່ເປັນຄູຝຶກສອນທີ່ກ່າວວ່າພວກເຂົາໄດ້ສະ ເໜີ ກົ້ນທີ່ເຂັ້ມແຂງ, ພວກເຂົາບໍ່ໄດ້ເວົ້າກ່ຽວກັບການສະ ເໜີ ທຶນການສຶກສາ, ອ້າຍ," Dawkins ກ່າວໃນຮູບເງົາ. "ຫນຶ່ງຮ້ອຍສ່ວນຮ້ອຍເວົ້າກ່ຽວກັບເງິນ."

Dawkins added: “Will Wade is definitely a [expletive] gangster for what he did. "

ຫຼັງຈາກ ຄຳ ເຫັນ "ຂໍ້ສະ ເໜີ ທີ່ແຂງກະດ້າງ" ກາຍເປັນສາທາລະນະໃນເດືອນມີນາ 2019, LSU ໄດ້ໂຈະ Wade ໂດຍບໍ່ມີກຳນົດ ທ່າມກາງການສືບສວນຂອງ FBI. ໃນວັນທີ 14 ເດືອນເມສາ, LSU ໄດ້ຍົກການລະງັບຂອງ Wade.

ເປັນສ່ວນຫນຶ່ງຂອງການກັບຄືນຂອງລາວ, Wade ຕ້ອງເຮັດການສໍາປະທານສັນຍາ, ລວມທັງການອະນຸຍາດໃຫ້ LSU ຍິງລາວຍ້ອນສາເຫດຖ້າຫາກວ່າຄະນະກໍາມະການລະເມີດຂອງ NCAA ໄດ້ອອກແຈ້ງການຢ່າງເປັນທາງການຕໍ່ LSU ວ່າ Wade ມີສ່ວນຮ່ວມໃນການລະເມີດລະດັບ 1 ຫຼືລະດັບ 2.

Wade ໄປ 105-51 ໃນຫ້າລະດູການຢູ່ LSU ດ້ວຍສອງການແຂ່ງຂັນ NCAA. ຫຼັງຈາກສູນເສຍ Arkansas ໃນການແຂ່ງຂັນ SEC, ລາວໄດ້ຖືກຖາມກ່ຽວກັບແຈ້ງການກ່າວຫາ.

ທ່ານກ່າວວ່າ "ຂ້ອຍບໍ່ສາມາດສະແດງຄວາມຄິດເຫັນໃດໆກ່ຽວກັບສິ່ງນັ້ນ - ກ່ຽວກັບສິ່ງໃດກໍ່ຕາມ, ດັ່ງນັ້ນພວກເຮົາຈຶ່ງບໍ່ສາມາດສະແດງຄວາມຄິດເຫັນກ່ຽວກັບມັນນັບຕັ້ງແຕ່ທຸກສິ່ງທຸກຢ່າງເລີ່ມຕົ້ນ," ລາວເວົ້າ. "ແນ່ນອນຂ້ອຍຫວັງວ່າຈະສະແດງຄວາມຄິດເຫັນໃນເວລາທີ່ມັນຫມົດໄປ, ແຕ່ຈົນກ່ວານັ້ນ, ພວກເຂົາຈະບໍ່ອະນຸຍາດໃຫ້ພວກເຮົາສະແດງຄວາມຄິດເຫັນ."

Wade later spoke to the SEC Network, adding: “We just focus on what’s in front of us. It has nothing to do with any of the kids in our locker room. The bigger the game and outside noise, the more you have to narrow your focus. We’re here to play basketball and represent LSU.”