Wade Wilson (American football)

Wade Wilson

Dallas Cowboys

Position:

Quarterbacks coach

Personal information

Date of birth:

February 1, 1959

Place of birth:

Greenville, Texas

Height:

6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Weight:

210 lb (95 kg)

Career information

High school:

Commerce (TX)

College:

East Texas State

NFL draft:

1981 / Round: 8 / Pick: 210

Career history

As player:

As coach:

Dallas Cowboys (2000–2002)
Quarterbacks coach
Chicago Bears (2004–2006)
Quarterbacks coach
Dallas Cowboys (2007–present)
Quarterbacks coach

Career highlights and awards

as coach

NFC champion (2006)

Career NFL statistics

TDs–INTs:	99–102
Passing yards:	17,283
Passer rating:	75.6
Attempts:	2,428
Completions:	1,391
Games:	125
Player stats at NFL.com

Player stats at PFR

Charles Wade Wilson (born February 1, 1959) is an American football coach and former quarterback who played for the Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, Dallas Cowboys and the Oakland Raiders in a seventeen-year career from 1981 to 1998 in the National Football League (NFL). Wilson is currently the quarterbacks coach for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football for the Texas A&M-Commerce Lions (formerly East Texas State), where he was an NAIA All-American.

Early life

Wilson was born in Greenville, Texas and lived there shortly, but moved to Commerce, Texas where he spent most of his childhood. Wilson became a standout quarterback and punter at Commerce High School, leading the Tigers to a 10-win season as a Senior and a district championship. Wilson graduated from Commerce High School in 1977 and took a scholarship offer from Texas A&M University-Commerce (then East Texas State University).

College career

Wilson was the starting quarterback at ETSU from 1978 to 1980 for head coach Ernest Hawkins. He led the Lions to a 5–5 record and 2nd-place finish in the Lone Star Conference as a junior, throwing for 1,826 yards and 10 touchdowns. As a senior in 1980, he led the Lions to a share of the Lone Star Conference Championship with an 8–3–1 record, its first since winning the National Championship in 1972, and an NAIA playoff berth. (The LSC had two conference champions in 1980. ETSU won the title as it was a member of the NAIA, and Texas State University, then called Southwest Texas State University, were the crowned champions by the NCAA.) Wilson and the Lions upset the No. 1 ranked Central Arkansas Bears in the national quarterfinals, but bowed out to Elon College, the eventual national champion, in the semifinal round. The Lions finished 6th in the country. Wilson graduated in 1981 with a degree in Business Management. He finished his career in Commerce throwing for 4,574 yards and 32 touchdowns. He was inducted in the Texas A&M-Commerce Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002 and then the Lone Star Conference Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003.

Professional career

Wilson was drafted in the eighth round of the 1981 NFL Draft. He was a one time Pro Bowler with the Vikings in 1988 and finished his career completing 1,391 passes on 2,428 attempts for 17,283 yards, 99 touchdowns and 102 interceptions. Wilson led the Vikings to three playoff appearances in the late 80s. The Vikings advanced to the NFC Championship Game in 1987 after a tremendous upset of the 13-2 San Francisco 49ers in the Divisional Round, but finally succumbed 17-10 to the eventual Super Bowl XXII champion Washington Redskins. In 1993 he directed the Saints to a 5-0 start, but the team only won three more games to finish at 8-8 (Wilson's last season as a starter). Wilson retired in 1999 at age 40.^[1]

Coaching career

Wilson was the Chicago Bears quarterback coach from 2004 until February 22, 2007, when he re-signed with the Cowboys, for whom he was quarterback coach from 2000 to 2002.^[2]

On September 1, 2007, Wilson was suspended five games and fined $100,000 for purchasing and using performance-enhancing drugs.^[3] In his defense, Wilson has said that the drug (HGH) was used to help his problem with diabetes. However, Commissioner Goodell seemed to sidestep this defense saying, "First of all, I'm not going to get into the personal situations of why Wade was taking it, but that's not an accurate point."^[4]

Personal life

Wilson has four children, Travis Wade, Hayden, and twins Coleton and Sophie.

References

↑ "History: Players Who've Played in NFL at Age 40 or Older". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2012-12-01.
↑ "Chicago - Chicago : News : Politics : Things To Do : Sports". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on March 6, 2007.
↑ "ESPN - Dallas assistant wants Goodell to explain Belichick's punishment - NFL". Sports.espn.go.com. 2007-09-14. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
↑ "Goodell says Wilson's punishment is justified | Dallas Cowboys News | Sports News | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News". Dallasnews.com. 2007-09-17. Retrieved 2010-09-28.

External links

Career statistics and player information from NFL.com • ESPN • Yahoo! Sports • SI.com • Pro-Football-Reference

Minnesota Vikings 1981 NFL draft selections

Mardye McDole Robin Sendlein Jarvis Redwine Tim Irwin John Swain Wendell Ray Don Shaver Wade Wilson James Murphy Bill Stephanos Brian Williams

Minnesota Vikings starting quarterbacks

George Shaw (1961)
Fran Tarkenton (1961–1966, 1972–1978)
Ron Vander Kelen (1963, 1966–1967)
Bob Berry (1966, 1974)
Joe Kapp (1967–1969)
Gary Cuozzo (1969–1971)
Bob Lee (1970–1971, 1976–1977)
Norm Snead (1971)
Tommy Kramer (1977, 1979–1989)
Steve Dils (1980–1981, 1983)
Wade Wilson (1983–1991)
Archie Manning (1984)
Tony Adams (1987)
Rich Gannon (1990–1992)
Sean Salisbury (1992–1994)
Jim McMahon (1993)
Warren Moon (1994–1996)
Brad Johnson (1996–1998, 2005–2006)
Randall Cunningham (1997–1999)
Jeff George (1999)
Daunte Culpepper (2000–2005)
Todd Bouman (2001)
Spergon Wynn (2001)
Gus Frerotte (2003, 2008)
Tarvaris Jackson (2006–2008, 2010)
Kelly Holcomb (2007)
Brooks Bollinger (2007)
Brett Favre (2009–2010)
Joe Webb (2010)
Donovan McNabb (2011)
Christian Ponder (2011–2014)
Matt Cassel (2013–2014)
Josh Freeman (2013)
Teddy Bridgewater (2014–present)

Atlanta Falcons starting quarterbacks

Randy Johnson (1966–1970)
Dennis Claridge (1966)
Terry Nofsinger (1967)
Steve Sloan (1967)
Bob Berry (1968–1972)
Bruce Lemmerman (1969)
Dick Shiner (1971, 1973)
Bob Lee (1973–1974)
Pat Sullivan (1974–1975)
Kim McQuilken (1974–1976)
Steve Bartkowski (1975–1985)
Scott Hunter (1976–1977)
June Jones (1978–1979)
Mike Moroski (1983–1984)
David Archer (1985–1987)
Turk Schonert (1986)
Scott Campbell (1987, 1990)
Erik Kramer (1987)
Jeff Van Raaphorst (1987)
Chris Miller (1987–1993)
Steve Dils (1988)
Hugh Millen (1989–1990)
Billy Joe Tolliver (1991–1993, 1997)
Wade Wilson (1992)
Bobby Hebert (1993, 1996)
Jeff George (1994–1996)
Chris Chandler (1997–2001)
Tony Graziani (1997–1999)
Steve DeBerg (1998)
Danny Kanell (1999–2000)
Doug Johnson (2000, 2002–2003)
Michael Vick (2001–2006)
Kurt Kittner (2003)
Matt Schaub (2004–2005)
Joey Harrington (2007)
Byron Leftwich (2007)
Chris Redman (2007, 2009)
Matt Ryan (2008–present)

New Orleans Saints starting quarterbacks

Gary Cuozzo (1967)
Billy Kilmer (1967–1970)
Karl Sweetan (1968)
Ronnie Lee South (1968)
Edd Hargett (1970–1971)
Archie Manning (1971–1975, 1977–1981)
Bobby Scott (1973–1974, 1976–1977, 1981)
Larry Cipa (1974–1975)
Bobby Douglass (1976–1977)
Dave Wilson (1981, 1983–1986)
Ken Stabler (1982–1983)
Guido Merkens (1982)
Richard Todd (1984)
Bobby Hebert (1985–1989, 1991–1992)
John Fourcade (1987, 1989–1990)
Steve Walsh (1990–1991, 1993)
Wade Wilson (1993)
Mike Buck (1993)
Jim Everett (1994–1996)
Doug Nussmeier (1996–1997)
Heath Shuler (1997)
Billy Joe Hobert (1997–1999)
Danny Wuerffel (1997–1998)
Kerry Collins (1998)
Billy Joe Tolliver (1998–1999)
Jake Delhomme (1999)
Jeff Blake (2000)
Aaron Brooks (2000–2005)
Todd Bouman (2005)
Drew Brees (2006–present)
Mark Brunell (2009)
Luke McCown (2015)

Los Angeles / Oakland Raiders starting quarterbacks

Tom Flores (1960–1961, 1963–1966)
Babe Parilli (1960)
Cotton Davidson (1962–1964, 1966)
Hunter Enis (1962)
Don Heinrich (1962)
Dick Wood (1965)
Daryle Lamonica (1967–1973)
George Blanda (1968)
Ken Stabler (1971–1979)
Larry Lawrence (1974–1975)
Mike Rae (1976–1977)
Jim Plunkett (1980–1986)
Dan Pastorini (1980)
Marc Wilson (1981, 1983–1987)
Rusty Hilger (1987)
Vince Evans (1987, 1993, 1995)
Jay Schroeder (1988–1992)
Steve Beuerlein (1988–1989)
Todd Marinovich (1991–1992)
Jeff Hostetler (1993–1996)
Billy Joe Hobert (1995–1996)
Jeff George (1997–1998)
Donald Hollas (1998)
Wade Wilson (1998)
Rich Gannon (1999–2004)
Rick Mirer (2003)
Marques Tuiasosopo (2003, 2005)
Kerry Collins (2004–2005)
Aaron Brooks (2006)
Andrew Walter (2006, 2008)
Josh McCown (2007)
Daunte Culpepper (2007)
JaMarcus Russell (2007–2009)
Bruce Gradkowski (2009–2010)
Charlie Frye (2009)
Jason Campbell (2010–2011)
Kyle Boller (2011)
Carson Palmer (2011–2012)
Terrelle Pryor (2012–2013)
Matt Flynn (2013)
Matt McGloin (2013)
Derek Carr (2014–present)

Dallas Cowboys starting quarterbacks

Eddie LeBaron (1960–1963)
Don Meredith (1960–1968)
Don Heinrich (1960)
John Roach (1964)
Jerry Rhome (1965–1966)
Craig Morton (1965, 1967–1972)
Roger Staubach (1969–1971, 1973–1979)
Clint Longley (1975)
Danny White (1978, 1980–1987)
Glenn Carano (1981)
Gary Hogeboom (1984–1985)
Steve Pelluer (1986–1988)
Reggie Collier (1986)
Kevin Sweeney (1987–1988)
Troy Aikman (1989–2000)
Steve Walsh (1989)
Babe Laufenberg (1990)
Steve Beuerlein (1991)
Bernie Kosar (1993)
Jason Garrett (1993–1994, 1998–1999)
Rodney Peete (1994)
Wade Wilson (1996)
Randall Cunningham (2000)
Anthony Wright (2000–2001)
Quincy Carter (2001–2003)
Ryan Leaf (2001)
Clint Stoerner (2001)
Chad Hutchinson (2002)
Vinny Testaverde (2004)
Drew Henson (2004)
Drew Bledsoe (2005–2006)
Tony Romo (2006–2015)
Brad Johnson (2008)
Jon Kitna (2010)
Stephen McGee (2010)
Kyle Orton (2013)
Brandon Weeden (2014–2015)
Matt Cassel (2015)
Kellen Moore (2015–present)

Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl XXX Champions

8 Troy Aikman 10 Jon Baker 11 Wade Wilson 17 Jason Garrett 18 Chris Boniol 19 John Jett 20 Sherman Williams 21 Deion Sanders 22 Emmitt Smith 23 Robert Bailey 24 Larry Brown (MVP) 25 Scott Case 26 Kevin Smith 27 Greg Tremble 28 Darren Woodson 29 Alundis Brice 31 Brock Marion 36 Dominique Ross 38 David Lang 40 Bill Bates 42 Charlie Williams 43 Greg Briggs 47 Clayton Holmes 48 Daryl Johnston 52 Jim Schwantz 53 Ray Donaldson 54 Darryl Hardy 54 Anthony Fieldings 55 Robert Jones 56 Reggie Barnes 58 Dixon Edwards 59 Darrin Smith 60 Derek Kennard 61 Nate Newton 65 Ron Stone 67 Russell Maryland 68 Michael Batiste 69 George Hegamin 70 Dale Hellestrae 71 Mark Tuinei 73 Larry Allen 78 Leon Lett 79 Erik Williams 81 Ed Hervey 82 Cory Fleming 83 Kendell Watkins 84 Jay Novacek 85 Kevin Williams 86 Eric Bjornson 87 Billy Davis 88 Michael Irvin 90 Oscar Sturgis 91 Darren Benson 92 Tony Tolbert 94 Charles Haley 95 Chad Hennings 96 Shante Carver 98 Godfrey Myles 99 Hurvin McCormack

Head Coach: Barry Switzer Coaches: Hubbard Alexander Joe Avezzano Craig Boller Joe Brodsky Dave Campo Jim Eddy Robert Ford Steve Hoffman Hudson Houck Ernie Zampese Mike Zimmer

Current quarterbacks coaches of the National Football League

American Football Conference

AFC East	AFC North	AFC South	AFC West

David Lee (Buffalo Bills) Bo Hardegree (Miami Dolphins) Josh McDaniels* (New England Patriots) Kevin Patullo (New York Jets)	Marty Mornhinweg (Baltimore Ravens) Bill Lazor (Cincinnati Bengals) Kevin O'Connell (Cleveland Browns) Randy Fichtner (Pittsburgh Steelers)	George Godsey (Houston Texans) Brian Schottenheimer (Indianapolis Colts) Nathaniel Hackett (Jacksonville Jaguars) Jason Michael (Tennessee Titans)	Greg Knapp (Denver Broncos) Matt Nagy (Kansas City Chiefs) Todd Downing (Oakland Raiders) Shane Steichen (San Diego Chargers)

*Serves as quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator

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