BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – Reports breaking Thursday morning indicate former LSU basketball coach Will Wade, currently at NC State, will be returning to the Tigers.
Wade was previously the head coach from 2017 to 2022.
Sources: LSU will officially part ways with Matt McMahon today and hire NC State’s Will Wade as its next head basketball coach.
Wade was previously the head coach of the Tigers from 2017-22.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) March 26, 2026
Heath Schroyer, McNeese’s Director of Athletics, has already accepted a job at LSU as Senior Deputy AD/Executive Director of External Relations for the LSU System.
Speculation indicates Schroyer’s return set the stage to bring Will Wade back as the Tigers’ head coach.
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