First Black Head Basketball Coach Wade Houston

1989

First Black Head Basketball Coach Wade Houston

1989

First Black Head Basketball Coach Wade Houston

When Wade Houston was hired to lead the Vols basketball team in 1989, he became UT’s first black head basketball coach. At the time, he was an assistant coach at the University of Louisville. His son, Allan Houston, played for him at Tennessee, finished his career as the Vols’ all-time leading scorer, and played in the NBA for the Detroit Pistons and the New York Knicks.