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.

Houston's overall record at Tennessee was 65-90, for an average record of 13-18 over five seasons. In five years, he twice tied the all-time single-season record for losses at UT (22), including the school's all-time worst record of 5-22 in 1994, his final season.^[2]

Houston is now a businessman in Louisville, Kentucky, owning and operating a trucking/transportation business.^[3]

[edit] Wade Houston's career record

School	Season	Wins	Losses	Postseason
Tennessee	1990	16	14	NIT Second Round
Tennessee	1991	12	22
Tennessee	1992	19	15	NIT Second Round
Tennessee	1993	13	17
Tennessee	1994	5	22
Career	Totals	65	90

Preceded by Don DeVoe	University of Tennessee Head Basketball Coaches 1989–1994	Succeeded by Kevin O'Neill

v • d • e Tennessee Volunteers Head Basketball Coaches

Dougherty • Kipp • Stone • Clevenger • Bender • Fitzgerald • Bender • Banks • Britton • Gullion • Mauer • Lowery • Sines • Mears • England • Mears • DeVoe • Houston • O'Neill • Green • Peterson • Pearl