![]() Wade coaching in 2019 | |
Toronto Raptors | |
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Position | Assistant coach |
League | NBA |
Personal information | |
Born | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | August 15, 1975
Nationality | American / French |
Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Career information | |
High school | Northside (Memphis, Tennessee) |
College |
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NBA draft | 1998: undrafted |
Position | Guard |
Coaching career | 2013–present |
Career history | |
As player: | |
2001–2004 | Cambrai |
2004–2005 | CSK VVS Samara |
2005 | Rosalia de Castro Noyastar |
2005–2006 | CSK VVS-2 Samara |
2006 | Alicante Costablanca |
2007–2008 | Ústí nad Labem |
2008 | Nivelles |
2008–2009 | Union Carquefou-St. Luce |
2009–2010 | Aurore de Vitré |
2010–2011 | GET Vosges |
2011–2013 | Castelnau Le Lez Montpellier |
As coach: | |
2012–2016 | San Antonio Stars (assistant) |
2013–2016 | BLMA (assistant) |
2017–2018 | Minnesota Lynx (assistant) |
2017–2020 | UMMC Ekaterinburg (assistant) |
2019–2023 | Chicago Sky |
2023–present | Toronto Raptors (assistant) |
Career highlights and awards | |
As head coach:
As assistant coach:
As executive: | |
James Wade (born August 15, 1975), known as Coco, is an American-French basketball assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
With the Chicago Sky, Wade won the WNBA's Coach of the Year and Executive of the Year awards in 2019 and 2022 respectively, and led the Sky to their first WNBA Championship in 2021.[1]
Wade was previously an assistant basketball coach for the Minnesota Lynx[2] of the WNBA and for UMMC Ekaterinburg[3] of the Euroleague and Russian Premier Basketball League. He is a former professional basketball player, having played his entire professional career in Europe.