Charlie Wade

For the American football player, see Charlie Wade (American football).

Charlie Wade (born October 8, 1963)^[1] is the head coach of the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors volleyball team.^[2]

Charlie Wade

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Hawai'i
Conference	Big West
Record	319–131 (.709)
Biographical details
Born	(1963-10-08) October 8, 1963 (age 61) Redondo Beach, California
Alma mater	Cal State Fullerton (1991)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Women's volleyball
1987–1988	Cal State Fullerton (assistant)
1995–1997	Hawai'i (assistant)
1998–2005	Hawai'i (associate)
2006–2008	Pacific
Men's volleyball
2010–present	Hawai'i
Head coaching record
Overall	319–131 (.709) (men's) 38–46 (.452) (women's)
Tournaments	9–5 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 NCAA Division I (2021, 2022) 4 Big West tournament (2019, 2022, 2023 2025) Big West regular season (2021, 2023)
Awards
AVCA Coach of the Year (2019) Big West Coach of the Year (2022, 2023, 2025)

Coaching career

Wade spent 11 years at the University of Hawai'i with the Rainbow Wahine volleyball staff, nine as an associate coach to Dave Shoji, help guiding Hawaii to 11 conference championships, 11 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances, six Regional Finals, and four Final Fours. During that time span, Hawaii held a conference record of 160-1, an overall record of 310-39 and an NCAA Championship match in 1996. Wade was also instrumental in producing eight All-Americans and 18 All-America awards, including two National Players of the Year.

Wade departed Hawaii after the 2005 season to accept the head coaching position for the women's team at Pacific. Wade served as head coach of the women's volleyball program at the University of the Pacific from 2006–2008.^[3]

After being out of coaching for a year, Wade was named head coach for the men's team at the University of Hawaii following the resignation of Mike Wilton.^[4]

After leading the Rainbow Warriors to the NCAA title match, Wade was named 2019 AVCA Coach of the Year.^[5]

Personal life and education

In 1981, Wade graduated Warsaw Community High School (Warsaw, IN), and received a bachelor's degree in kinesiology from Cal State Fullerton in 1991.

Wade is married to former University of Washington volleyball player Tani Martin, with whom he has three sons, Makana, Kainoa & Kekoa.^[6]

Misconduction allegation

In April 2019, Wade was put under investigation for misconduct against a female player in California when he was coaching a club volleyball team, an allegation which led to the resignation of Long Beach State assistant Scott Touzinsky.^[7][8] Wade was cleared of all misconduct by the United States Center for SafeSport in January 2020, and was able to claim his AVCA coach of the year award.^[9][10]

Head coaching record

Women's

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Pacific Tigers (Big West Conference) (2006–2008)
2006	Pacific	8–21	3–11
2007	Pacific	18–9	9–7
2008	Pacific	12–16	10–6
Pacific:		38–46 (.452)	22–24 (.478)
Total:		38–46 (.452)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Men's

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) (2010–2017)
2010	Hawai'i	19–10	14–8	4th
2011	Hawai'i	15–13	13–9	5th
2012	Hawai'i	7–20	4–18	12th
2013	Hawai'i	11–17	10–14	8th
2014	Hawai'i	15–12	13–11	9th
2015	Hawai'i	24–7	18–4	2nd	NCAA Play-In
2016	Hawai'i	16–12	11–11	7th
2017	Hawai'i	27–6	14–4	3rd	NCAA Semifinals
Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors (Big West Conference) (2018–present)
2018	Hawai'i	19–8	6–4	T–2nd
2019	Hawai'i	28–3	8–2	2nd	NCAA Runner-Up
2020	Hawai'i	15–1[n 1]	0–0	–	Postseason not held
2021	Hawai'i	17–1	10–0	1st	NCAA Champion
2022	Hawai'i	27–5	7–3	2nd	NCAA Champion
2023	Hawai'i	29–3	9–1	T–1st	NCAA Runner-Up
2024	Hawai'i	23–7	5–5	3rd
2025	Hawai'i	27-6	7–3	2nd	NCAA Semifinals
Hawai'i:		319–131 (.709)	149–97 (.606)
Total:		319–131 (.709)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Notes

1. Season not played past March 6 due to COVID-19 pandemic