James Wade (basketball)

James Wade

Wade coaching in 2019
Toronto Raptors
Position	Assistant coach
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(1975-08-15) August 15, 1975 (age 49) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Nationality	American / French
Listed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Career information
High school	Northside (Memphis, Tennessee)
College	Middle Tennessee (1994–1995) Chattanooga State CC (1995–1996) Kennesaw State (1996–1998)
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: WNBA champion (2021) WNBA Coach of the Year (2019) As assistant coach: WNBA champion (2017) 2× FIBA Euroleague champion (2018, 2019) As executive: WNBA Basketball Executive of the Year (2022)

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.