Wallace Wade

Head coach, Duke, 1936 to 1950

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

Pick a job to see its years on their own.

Duke1936–41 · 49-8-1Duke1946–50 · 25-17-4All jobs74-25-5

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

4-2 against his rivals at Duke. Winless in 3 tries against Bob Neyland.

Rivalry record

4-2

66.7% · 1 rival

One-score games

10-6-1

58.8% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

2-2

50.0%

Rivalry ledger

North Carolina4-267%

The toughest matchup

vs. Bob Neyland0-2-1

3 meetings, 1936–1940

’36 L’37 T’40 L

0% win rate across a real, 3-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

2-2 50.0%

Power Program

5-5 50.0%

National Program

13-1 92.9%

Regional Program

29-0 100.0%

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

1-4 against his rivals at Duke. Just 1-4 against Carl Snavely.

Rivalry record

1-4

20.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

7-6-4

41.2% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-1

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

North Carolina1-420%

The toughest matchupNemesis

vs. Carl Snavely1-4

5 meetings, 1946–1950

’46 L’47 L’48 L’49 L’50 W

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

0-1 0.0%

Power Program

7-8 46.7%

National Program

3-7 30.0%

Regional Program

13-1 92.9%

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

5-6 against his rivals. Just 1-4 against Carl Snavely.

Rivalry record

5-6

45.5% · 1 rival

One-score games

17-12-5

50.0% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

2-3

40.0%

Rivalry ledger

North Carolina5-645%

The toughest matchupNemesis

vs. Carl Snavely1-4

5 meetings, 1946–1950

’46 L’47 L’48 L’49 L’50 W

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

2-3 40.0%

Power Program

12-13 48.0%

National Program

16-8 66.7%

Regional Program

42-1 97.7%

Building the roster

Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.

1Roster ownership
2The NFL pipeline

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1936-1950) predates 2021, when transfer-portal tracking begins in this database. Portal usage cannot be measured for this tenure at all -- this is not the same as '0% portal'.

“His own” means the player arrived while he was head coach; “inherited” means a predecessor brought him in.

The NFL pipeline

at least8Drafted

players drafted into the NFL off his teams here (a floor — see the note below). None can be traced to who brought them in — there’s no roster record for these players here. 2 went in the first round.

At least 8 — his 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 seasons predate the modern 7-round draft, so this table’s pre-1994 pick counts are a floor, not a full count, for those seasons.

0 roster-verified · 8 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Note
1950	R5.58	Estimated
1949	R2.13	Estimated
1942	R1.04	Estimated
1942	R7.51	Estimated
1940	R1.02	Estimated
1940	R4.25	Estimated
1938	R6.41	Estimated
1937	R2.11	Estimated

A pick counts toward his tenure when the player’s final college season was one he coached, a checkable rule rather than a claim about who developed the player. A blank note means the player is on a verified roster and arrived on his watch. “Estimated” means no roster record, so the final season is assumed to be the year before the draft.

Wallace Wade

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

The big-game ledger

The big-game ledger

The big-game ledger

Building the roster

Roster ownership

The NFL pipeline

Career

Coaching career

All-time wins