Wade Houston
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Wade Houston is a former college basketball player and coach. He was the first African American player at the University of Louisville. He was an assistant coach under Denny Crum at Louisville for 13 years until 1989 when he was named the head coach of the University of Tennessee. [1]
His son, Allan Houston played for him at Tennessee and later went on to the National Basketball Association for the Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks.
He is now a businessman in Louisville, Kentucky. owning and operating a trucking/transportation business.[2]
| Preceded by Don DeVoe |
University of Tennessee Head Basketball Coaches 1989–1994 |
Succeeded by Kevin O'Neill |
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- ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEFDE123BF932A25756C0A96F948260
- ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/07/AR2006080701331.html
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