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Iowa State University Athletics
Football
Wade, Rudy
Rudy Wade
- Title:
- Director of Strength and Conditioning
- Email:
- rwade@iastate.edu
- Phone:
- 4-9151
Rudy Wade is in his fourth season as Director of Strength and Conditioning at Iowa State. Wade held the similar position at Toledo from 2011-15.
Wade’s efforts on a daily basis has helped the Cyclones improve physically on every level. ISU players have made considerable strides in strength and conditioning since Wade took over as director.
Iowa State recorded one of its best seasons in school history in 2018, as the Cyclones went 8-5, broke the school record for conference wins in a season (six), posted their best conference finish in 40 years (T3rd) and made the Valero Alamo Bowl.
The 2017 season got Iowa State on the national map. The Cyclones compiled an 8-5 record, the second-most wins in school history, and scored a victory in the 2017 Liberty Bowl over Memphis, only the fourth bowl win in the history of the program.
Iowa State also broke its school record for wins over ranked opponents (3), victories on the road (5), wins vs. conference opponents (5) and appeared in the AP national rankings for the first time in 12 years in 2017.
The Rockets played in four bowl games and tallied three nine-win seasons and one 10-win campaign in his five seasons at UT.
Wade, a 2001 graduate of Ball State, previously was the strength and conditioning coach at UW-Green Bay from 2004-10. He coordinated the strength and conditioning programs for all 16 Phoenix sports.
A native of Indianapolis, Ind., Wade also spent one season as an assistant strength coach at Marquette, one year as an intern at Notre Dame and two years as a graduate assistant at Bowling Green, where he earned his master’s degree in education.
Wade has three children: Connor, Myla and Layton.
Coaching Experience
2016- Iowa State – Director of Strength and Conditioning
2011-15 Toledo – Director of Strength and Conditioning
2004-10 UW-Green Bay – Strength and Conditioning Coach
2003 Marquette – Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach
2001-03 Bowling Green – Graduate Assistant
2001 Notre Dame – Intern
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