Kendrick J. Wade is an American football coach and former wide receiver who currently serves as the head football coach at Ripley High School in Ripley, Tennessee. He previously worked as an offensive analyst with the Memphis Tigers in 2025. Wade was the head football coach at Mississippi Valley State University from 2023 to 2024. He played college football at Coahoma Community College from 2001 to 2002 and at Mississippi Valley State from 2003 to 2005, and later played professionally for four seasons from 2006 to 2009.