{{short description|American basketball player (born 1965)}} {{Other people}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Mark Wade | image = Mark-wade-2.jpg | caption = Wade at UNLV in 1986–87 | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 160 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|10|15}} | birth_place = Torrance, California, U.S. | highschool = Banning (Los Angeles, California) | college = *Oklahoma (1983–1984) *El Camino CC (1984–1985) *UNLV (1985–1987) | draft_year = 1987 | career_start = 1987 | career_end = 1995 | career_number = 4, 10 | career_position = Point guard | years1 = 1987 | team1 = Pensacola Tornados | years2 = 1987–1988 | team2 = Quad City Thunder | years3 = {{nbay|1987|end}} | team3 = Golden State Warriors | years4 = 1988–1991 | team4 = Pensacola Tornados | years5 = {{nbay|1989|end}} | team5 = Dallas Mavericks | years6 = 1991 | team6 = Youngstown Pride | years7 = 1991–1992 | team7 = Birmingham Bandits | years8 = 1992 | team8 = La Crosse Catbirds | years9 = 1992 | team9 = Omaha Racers | years10 = 1992–1993 | team10 = Columbus Horizon | years11 = 1993–1994 | team11 = Hartford Hellcats | years12 = 1994 | team12 = Wichita Falls Texans | years13 = 1994–1995 | team13 = Sioux Falls Skyforce | highlights = *All-CBA First Team (1990) *3× CBA assists leader (1988, 1989, 1991) *First-team All-PCAA (1987) }} '''Mark Anthony Wade'''<ref name=Press-Enterprise/> (born October 15, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player. A {{convert|5|ft|11|in|m|1|adj=mid}} and {{convert|160|lb|kg|1|adj=mid}} point guard, Wade played college basketball for the UNLV Runnin' Rebels, setting the NCAA record for assists in a season, with 406 (in 38 games) in 1986–87.<ref name=gobonnies>[http://gobonnies.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/091802aac.html Mark Wade named assistant coach], ''GoBonnies.com''</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.org/library/records/basketball/m_basketball_records_book/2007/2007_m_basketball_records.pdf |title=Official 2007 NCAA Men's Basketball Records Book, pages 11 & 19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070308141801/http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/basketball/m_basketball_records_book/2007/2007_m_basketball_records.pdf |archivedate=2007-03-08 }} {{small|(4.57 MiB)}}; retrieved June 8, 2007</ref> He spent the 1987–88 NBA season with the Golden State Warriors, and played one game for the Dallas Mavericks in 1989–90.
In 2002, Wade was named assistant coach for the St. Bonaventure Bonnies men's basketball team.<ref name=gobonnies/> Previously, he had served as an assistant coach with Long Island University-Southampton, Florida Atlantic University, and Cheyenne High School, and was a player-assistant coach with the International Basketball League's Las Vegas Silver Bandits.<ref name=gobonnies/>
On July 12, 2007, an arrest warrant was issued by the Riverside County Superior Court, alleging Wade violated California Penal Code section 503, embezzlement over $400. Wade was hired as an assistant coach at the University of California, Riverside in April 2005.<ref name=Press-Enterprise2/> He was fired on January 5, 2007. Wade has been charged with embezzling more than $15,000,<ref name=Press-Enterprise2/> some of which he was supposed to use to cover team expenses while the squad was playing road games during the 2006 Christmas break, even though Wade did not accompany the team on that trip.<ref name=Press-Enterprise2/>
The embezzled funds include two UCR checks in the amounts of $5,963.00 and $2,430, an electronic funds transfer in the amount of $2,016 and a $1,548 travel cash advance he received in November.<ref name=Press-Enterprise2>[https://archive.today/20130131120910/http://www.pe.com/sports/college/ucr/stories/PE_News_Local_C_plea15.4217377.html Ex-UCR assistant basketball coach pleads guilty to embezzlement] ''The Press-Enterprise'', March 15, 2008</ref>
Furthermore, Wade maintained a past due balance of $3,868.40 on his UCR corporate bank card that the university said it ended up writing off as a loss.<ref name=Press-Enterprise>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070926215728/http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_embezzle27.38c329e.html Ex-coach accused of taking funds] ''The Press-Enterprise'', July 26, 2007</ref>
In March 2008, Wade pleaded guilty to embezzlement. He was sentenced on May 14, 2008.<ref name=Press-Enterprise2/> He was placed on three years' probation and handed a 150-day jail sentence.<ref name=wade-sentenced>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090428161349/http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_W_wade12.43c0f4e.html Former UCR coach Mark Wade sentenced for embezzling from basketball team]</ref> He started serving the time on a work-release program in August 2008.<ref name=wade-sentenced/>
==See also== * List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 20 or more assists in a game
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WADEMA01 NBA stats] @ basketballreference.com
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