Matt Wade

Biography

Matt Wade joined Head Coach Kirby Moore’s staff in January of 2026 and will serve as a senior offensive analyst. Wade and Moore previously spent one season together at Fresno State in 2022. Wade joined the Fresno State coaching staff as an offensive quality control for the 2022 season when Moore was the Bulldogs offensive coordinator. He assumed the role of quarterbacks coach for the 2023 and 2024 seasons. In his time on staff at Fresno State, Wade coached a pair of the program’s most accurate pass throwers in program history in Jake Haener and Mikey Keene. Haener was drafted in the fourth round by the New Orleans Saints in the 2023 NFL Draft, becoming Fresno State’s first QB to be drafted since Derek Carr in 2014. Entering 2024, Wade had three quarterbacks ready for game action throughout the season in Mikey Keene, Joshua Wood and Jayden Mandal. All three played throughout the season, but Keene started in all 12 regular season games. He earned All-Mountain West honorable mention honors in 2024, continuing the trend at Fresno State with five consecutive seasons with an all-conference quarterback. Fresno State ranked fourth in the Mountain West in passing offense, averaging 242.5 yards per game. Keene had a .705 completion percentage in 2024, the second-best mark in Fresno State history. He completed 277-of-393 pass attempts on the year. His 277 completions in 2024 are the 8th most in a season in program history. Keene set the program’s single game completion percentage record