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Wesley Ford
First Season: 2016-17
Last Season: 2025-26
Total Games: 196
Crew Chief: 7 (4%)
U1: 53 (27%)
U2: 136 (69%)
Home Wins: 76%
Home Fouls: 16.8
Away Fouls: 18.1
Foul Diff: 1.3
Attendance: 3,173
| Games | Total | 2025-26 | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 | 2021-22 | 2020-21 | 2019-20 | 2018-19 | 2017-18 | 2016-17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 196 | 25 | 6 | 30 | 33 | 22 | 14 | 35 | 28 | 1 | 2 |
| Crew Chief | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| U1 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| U2 | 136 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| NCAA Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIT Tournament | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pre/Mid-Season Tournament | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun Belt | 45 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| SEC | 25 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| WAC | 21 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SWAC | 19 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Summit | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ASUN | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Horizon | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southern | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WCC | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Big West | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Big Sky | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southland | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MVC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MAC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Am. East | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CUSA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CAA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MAAC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Crew Chief | U1 | U2 | Home | Away | Score | Fouls | Fee | Season $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-3-18 | Gene Grimshaw | Chris Hudson | Wesley Ford | Illinois State | Kent State | 79 - 58 | 14 - 16 | $2,000 | $49,450 |
| 2026-3-7 | Nomi Kidwai | Wesley Ford | Justin Albrecht | Abilene Christian | UT Arlington | 57 - 64 | 24 - 15 | $1,650 | $47,450 |
| 2026-2-28 | Jimmy Casas | Glen Mayberry | Wesley Ford | Portland | San Diego | 87 - 74 | 14 - 19 | $2,400 | $45,800 |
| 2026-2-21 | Jon Campbell | Nomi Kidwai | Wesley Ford | Hawai'i | UC Santa Barbara | 78 - 75 | 19 - 27 | $1,950 | $43,400 |
| 2026-2-19 | Jon Campbell | Nomi Kidwai | Wesley Ford | Hawai'i | Cal Poly | 75 - 86 | 24 - 28 | $1,950 | $41,450 |
| 2026-2-14 | Nate Melson | Wesley Ford | Grant Jeffres | Abilene Christian | Tarleton State | 73 - 59 | 18 - 21 | $1,650 | $39,500 |
| 2026-2-12 | Justin Shamion | Chris Merlo | Wesley Ford | Southern Utah | California Baptist | 66 - 83 | 11 - 20 | $1,650 | $37,850 |
| 2026-2-7 | Deron White | Wesley Ford | Kirk Smith | Portland | Seattle U | 54 - 53 | 11 - 15 | $2,400 | $36,200 |
| 2026-2-4 | Wesley Ford | Kirk Smith | Tommy Johnson | Pacific | Santa Clara | 56 - 71 | 16 - 17 | $2,400 | $33,800 |
| 2026-1-31 | Chance Wallesen | Randal Anders | Wesley Ford | Tarleton State | Utah Tech | 59 - 65 | 11 - 13 | $1,650 | $31,400 |
| 2026-1-24 | Cody Crum | Wesley Ford | Akin Moss | UC San Diego | UC Irvine | 59 - 61 | 11 - 8 | $1,950 | $29,750 |
| 2026-1-10 | John Hendricks | Cody Crum | Wesley Ford | Illinois State | UIC | 59 - 63 | 16 - 20 | $2,300 | $27,800 |
| 2026-1-3 | Nomi Kidwai | Randal Anders | Wesley Ford | Abilene Christian | Utah Valley | 85 - 68 | 17 - 16 | $1,650 | $25,500 |
| 2026-1-1 | Shawn Lehigh | Wesley Ford | Jacob Hirz | Montana | Northern Arizona | 78 - 64 | 17 - 15 | $1,950 | $23,850 |
| 2025-12-30 | Gregory Nixon | Deldre Carr | Wesley Ford | Oregon State | San Francisco | 70 - 62 | 20 - 18 | $2,400 | $21,900 |
| 2025-12-22 | Wesley Ford | Kirk Smith | Michael Mojica | Cal State Northridge | Sacramento State | 100 - 88 | 19 - 22 | $1,950 | $19,500 |
| 2025-12-21 | Gene Grimshaw | Shane Staggs | Wesley Ford | Idaho State | UC Davis | 83 - 93 | 20 - 24 | $1,950 | $17,550 |
| 2025-12-20 | Gene Grimshaw | Wesley Ford | Kirk Smith | Weber State | Utah Tech | 80 - 82 | 17 - 18 | $1,950 | $15,600 |
| 2025-12-19 | D.G. Nelson | Wesley Ford | Dean De Selle | Loyola Marymount | North Alabama | 91 - 57 | 24 - 14 | $2,400 | $13,650 |
| 2025-12-13 | Johnny Harrington | Wesley Ford | Jason Garretson | Pacific | Simpson University (CA) | 104 - 50 | 14 - 10 | $2,400 | $11,250 |
| 2025-12-10 | Michael Greenstein | Nomi Kidwai | Wesley Ford | Cal State Northridge | Fresno State | 89 - 87 | 15 - 12 | $1,950 | $8,850 |
| 2025-12-6 | Layne Barney | Wesley Ford | Wacey Lynn | Northern Colorado | South Dakota | 89 - 87 | 21 - 22 | $1,950 | $6,900 |
| 2025-12-3 | Marques Pettigrew | Chris Hudson | Wesley Ford | Tarleton State | Howard Payne | 119 - 54 | 16 - 18 | $1,650 | $4,950 |
| 2025-11-11 | Wesley Ford | Eric Kronebusch | Trenton Chaney | Abilene Christian | Southwestern Adventist | 104 - 63 | 16 - 12 | $1,650 | $3,300 |
| 2025-11-3 | Doug George | Wesley Ford | Troy Mathis | UT Arlington | UNT Dallas | 91 - 40 | 20 - 23 | $1,650 | $1,650 |
| 2025-3-6 | Doug Sirmons | Robert Felder | Wesley Ford | Abilene Christian | Utah Valley | 60 - 73 | 26 - 13 | $1,650 | $10,375 |
| 2024-12-21 | James Ford | Wesley Ford | Cooper Moore | Abilene Christian | Texas Southern | 69 - 65 | 17 - 15 | $1,650 | $8,725 |
| 2024-12-7 | Doug George | Wesley Ford | Trenton Chaney | Houston Christian | Northwestern State | 57 - 64 | 11 - 15 | $1,625 | $7,075 |
| 2024-11-15 | Brad Fowler | K.C. Ely | Wesley Ford | UT Arlington | Texas College | 95 - 69 | 23 - 20 | $1,650 | $5,450 |
| 2024-11-6 | Randal Anders | Wesley Ford | Jon Tjon-Joe-Pin | Texas Southern | Texas A&M-San Antonio | 100 - 66 | 14 - 16 | $1,500 | $3,800 |
| 2024-11-4 | Craig Murley | Chris Hudson | Wesley Ford | Murray State | Bethel (TN) | 113 - 37 | 14 - 17 | $2,300 | $2,300 |
| 2024-3-20 | Randal Anders | Wesley Ford | Tommy Johnson | Tarleton State | Abilene Christian | 86 - 59 | 9 - 12 | $1,600 | $59,723 |
| 2024-3-19 | Bobby Bissant | Randal Anders | Wesley Ford | Tarleton State | Texas Southern | 82 - 71 | 12 - 18 | $1,600 | $58,123 |
| 2024-3-14 | Thomas Northcutt | Damien Richard | Wesley Ford | Southern | Bethune-Cookman | 58 - 73 | 22 - 23 | $1,455 | $56,523 |
| 2024-3-2 | Trent Dews | Wesley Ford | Raymond Tate | Texas Southern | Jackson State | 80 - 70 | 15 - 11 | $1,455 | $55,068 |
| 2024-2-17 | Brad Fowler | Wesley Ford | Daniel Nguyen | UT Rio Grande Valley | UT Arlington | 70 - 89 | 19 - 21 | $1,600 | $53,613 |
| 2024-2-10 | Martin Cichocki | Wesley Ford | Matt Rafferty | Grand Canyon | Southern Utah | 94 - 65 | 20 - 22 | $1,600 | $52,013 |
| 2024-2-8 | Glen Mayberry | Wesley Ford | Ray Ames | Stephen F. Austin | UT Rio Grande Valley | 92 - 84 | 22 - 20 | $1,600 | $50,413 |
| 2024-2-5 | Glenn Tuitt | Mike Nance | Wesley Ford | Alabama State | Florida A&M | 62 - 53 | 17 - 16 | $1,455 | $48,813 |
| 2024-2-3 | Glenn Tuitt | Crystal Hogan | Wesley Ford | Georgia Southern | Appalachian State | 84 - 85 | 18 - 11 | $1,988 | $47,358 |
| 2024-1-29 | Byron Jarrett | Marques Pettigrew | Wesley Ford | Prairie View A&M | Alabama A&M | 87 - 76 | 19 - 26 | $1,455 | $45,370 |
| 2024-1-27 | John Stagliano | Cody Crum | Wesley Ford | Abilene Christian | Southern Utah | 67 - 82 | 23 - 19 | $1,600 | $43,915 |
| 2024-1-24 | Courtney Green | Bharat Ramnanan | Wesley Ford | UTSA | Tulane | 89 - 88 | 21 - 21 | $2,425 | $42,315 |
| 2024-1-20 | Keith Patterson | Wesley Ford | Michael Swoboda | Georgia Southern | Georgia State | 86 - 70 | 18 - 19 | $1,988 | $39,890 |
| 2024-1-15 | Brent Dugas | Garrett Theriot | Wesley Ford | Northwestern State | Houston Christian | 69 - 64 | 19 - 15 | $1,576 | $37,902 |
| 2024-1-13 | Chris Ford | Wesley Ford | Garrett Nestor | Samford | VMI | 134 - 96 | 22 - 16 | $1,843 | $36,326 |
| 2024-1-6 | Clyde Owens | Damien Richard | Wesley Ford | Grambling | Prairie View A&M | 69 - 63 | 22 - 19 | $1,455 | $34,483 |
| 2023-12-30 | Brent Dugas | Wesley Ford | Bobby Bissant | Lamar | Paul Quinn | 91 - 64 | 14 - 22 | $1,576 | $33,028 |
| 2023-12-22 | Jason Baker | Shaun Seales | Wesley Ford | Rice | Louisiana | 67 - 84 | 13 - 20 | $2,425 | $31,452 |
| 2023-12-16 | Rob Rorke | Bill Jacobson | Wesley Ford | Wichita State | Southern Illinois | 69 - 68 | 14 - 17 | $2,425 | $29,027 |
Showing 1-50 of 196 games
Tournament Games
| Tournament | Times Worked | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| NIT | 1 | 2025-26 |
| ASUN MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - QUARTERFINAL | 1 | 2018-19 |
| BARCLAYS CENTER CLASSIC - CAMPUS GAME | 1 | 2019-20 |
| BATTLE 4 ATLANTIS - CAMPUS GAME | 1 | 2017-18 |
| BBN Showcase | 1 | 2019-20 |
| Big Sky-Summit Challenge | 1 | 2025-26 |
| CIT | 2 | 2023-24 |
| Collegiate Hoops Roadshow | 1 | 2019-20 |
| Fort Myers Tip-Off - Campus Game | 1 | 2022-23 |
| Kentucky Classic | 1 | 2021-22 |
| ROMAN CBI TOURNAMENT - 1st ROUND | 1 | 2018-19 |
| SUN BELT CONFERENCE MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - 1st ROUND | 1 | 2018-19 |
| SUN BELT CONFERENCE MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - 2nd ROUND | 1 | 2018-19 |
| SUN BELT CONFERENCE MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - QUARTERFINAL | 1 | 2018-19 |
| SWAC | 1 | 2023-24 |
| The Basketball Classic - 1st Round | 1 | 2021-22 |
Wesley Ford Game Pace by Season
Total games worked across seasons, relative to each season's opening day
Estimated Salary Information
Salary estimates based on conference rates, tier level, and season adjustments. Rates vary by conference and year.
Career Summary
Current Tier: Tier 2
Career Total: $366,388
Total Games: 196
Avg per Game: $1,869
Highest Season: $67,912 (2019-20)
Season-by-Season Breakdown
| Season | Tier | Games | CC Games | U1/U2 Games | Total Earned | Avg per Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Tier 2 | 25 | 3 | 22 | $49,450 | $1,978 |
| 2024-25 | Tier 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | $10,375 | $1,729 |
| 2023-24 | Tier 2 | 30 | 0 | 30 | $59,723 | $1,991 |
| 2022-23 | Tier 2 | 33 | 1 | 32 | $67,324 | $2,040 |
| 2021-22 | Tier 2 | 22 | 1 | 21 | $41,816 | $1,901 |
| 2020-21 | Tier 2 | 14 | 0 | 14 | $26,796 | $1,914 |
| 2019-20 | Tier 2 | 35 | 2 | 33 | $67,912 | $1,940 |
| 2018-19 | Tier 3 | 28 | 0 | 28 | $39,064 | $1,395 |
| 2017-18 | Tier 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | $1,580 | $1,580 |
| 2016-17 | Tier 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | $2,348 | $1,174 |
Wesley Ford Salary Pace by Season
Estimated cumulative salary earned across seasons, relative to each season's opening day