<PAGE>   1

    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 20, 2001
                                                    Registration No. 333-_______
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                 ---------------

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                        UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                 ---------------

                              WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                  DELAWARE                             63-0970812
      (State or Other Jurisdiction of     (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
       Incorporation or Organization)

                       200 CLINTON AVENUE WEST, SUITE 1000
                            HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA 35801
          (Address, Including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)
                                 ---------------

                              WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.
                  2001 STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR OUTSIDE DIRECTORS
                            (Full Title of the Plan)
                                 ---------------

                             JOHANN R. MANNING, JR.
           SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES AND GENERAL COUNSEL
                       200 CLINTON AVENUE WEST, SUITE 1000
                            HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA 35801
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

                                 (256) 580-3960
          (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
                                 ---------------

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
========================================================================
                                     PROPOSED    PROPOSED
                                     MAXIMUM      MAXIMUM
    Title of           AMOUNT        OFFERING    AGGREGATE    AMOUNT OF
   Securities           TO BE       PRICE PER    OFFERING   REGISTRATION
     To Be          REGISTERED(1)    SHARE(2)      PRICE         FEE
   Registered
------------------------------------------------------------------------

<S>                 <C>             <C>         <C>         <C>
 Common Stock,        250,000         $14.73    $3,682,500       $921
par value $0.01
========================================================================
</TABLE>

         (1) Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
number of shares of securities registered in this Registration Statement will be
increased as a result of future stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions.
         (2) Pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of determining the
registration fee and is based on the average of the high and low prices of the
common stock of Wolverine Tube, Inc. on August 16, 2001, as reported on the New
York Stock Exchange.

================================================================================


<PAGE>   2

                                     PART I

                                EXPLANATORY NOTE

         Wolverine Tube, Inc. (the "Registrant") is filing this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 in order to register 250,000 shares of common stock, $0.01
par value per share (the "Common Stock"), to be offered or sold pursuant to the
terms and conditions of the 2001 Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors of the
Registrant (the "Plan").

         A prospectus meeting the requirements of Part I of Form S-8 has been
prepared. Such prospectus is not included in this Registration Statement but
will be delivered to all participants in the Plan pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:

         (1)      The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
                  year ended December 31, 2000;

         (2)      The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the
                  periods ended April 1, 2001 and July 1, 2001;

         (3)      The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed February 5,
                  2001, March 2, 2001, and May 1, 2001; and

         (4)      The description of the Registrant's common stock included in
                  the Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the
                  Commission on July 7, 1993 (which incorporates by reference
                  the description of the Registrant's common stock set forth
                  under the heading "Description of Capital Stock" in the
                  Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 33-65148)
                  with an effective date of August 12, 1993, including
                  amendments thereto), as supplemented by the rights registered
                  in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the
                  Commission on February 22, 1996.

All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         The Registrant is a Delaware corporation. Section 145 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law empowers a Delaware corporation to indemnify any person
who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party


<PAGE>   3

to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in
the right of such corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was
a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation or enterprise. A corporation may indemnify such person
against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with
such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a
manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
A corporation may, in advance of the final disposition of any civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding, pay the expenses
(including attorneys' fees) incurred by any officer or director in defending
such action, provided that the director or officer undertakes to repay such
amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be
indemnified by the corporation.

         A Delaware corporation may indemnify officers and directors in an
action by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor
under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without
judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the
corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or
otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must
indemnify such officer or director against the expenses (including attorneys'
fees) which he or she actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith.
The indemnification provided is not deemed to be exclusive of any other rights
to which an officer or director may be entitled under any corporation's bylaws,
agreement, vote or otherwise.

         Article Ninth of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation
and Bylaws 33 and 34 of the Registrant's Bylaws provide for mandatory
indemnification of its directors and officers and permissible indemnification of
employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware
General Corporation Law. In addition, the Registrant has entered into
indemnification agreements with its existing directors and intends to enter into
similar agreements with certain of its officers and any director elected to the
board in the future. These agreements establish contractual rights for the
officers and directors to be indemnified by the Registrant to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

         See Exhibit Index on Page 6.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

         The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1)      To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
                  made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
                  statement to include any material information with respect to
                  the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
                  registration statement or any material change to such
                  information in the registration statement;

         (2)      That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
                  Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
                  shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
                  the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
                  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
                  fide offering thereof;

         (3)      To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
                  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
                  unsold at the termination of the offering;


                                       2
<PAGE>   4

         (4)      That, for purposes of determining any liability under the
                  Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual
                  report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
                  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by
                  reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be
                  a new registration statement relating to the securities
                  offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that
                  time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
                  thereof; and

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.


                                       3
<PAGE>   5

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized in the City of Huntsville, State of Alabama, on this the 15th
day of August, 2001.

                                             WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.


                                             By:  /s/ DENNIS J. HOROWITZ
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                  Dennis J. Horowitz
                                                  Chairman, President and
                                                  Chief Executive Officer

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Dennis J. Horowitz, his or her
attorney-in-fact, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any
amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact, or his substitute, may do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SIGNATURE                              TITLE                                       DATE
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<S>                                    <C>                                        <C>


/s/   DENNIS J. HOROWITZ               Chairman, President, Chief                  August 15, 2001
------------------------------         Executive Officer and Director
      Dennis J. Horowitz               (Principal Executive Officer)


/s/   JAMES E. DEASON                  Executive Vice President, Chief             August 15, 2001
------------------------------         Financial Officer, Secretary and
      James E. Deason                  Director (Principal Financial Officer
                                       and Principal Accounting Officer)


/s/   JAN K. VER HAGEN                 Director                                    August 15, 2001
------------------------------
      Jan K. Ver Hagen


/s/   W. BARNES HAUPTFUHRER            Director                                    August 15, 2001
------------------------------
      W. Barnes Hauptfuhrer


/s/   THOMAS P. EVANS                  Director                                    August 15, 2001
------------------------------
      Thomas P. Evans


/s/   JOHN L. DUNCAN                   Director                                    August 15, 2001
------------------------------
      John L. Duncan


/s/   CHRIS A. DAVIS                   Director                                    August 15, 2001
------------------------------
      Chris A. Davis
</TABLE>


                                       4
<PAGE>   6


<TABLE>
<S>                                    <C>                                         <C>
/s/   GAIL O. NEUMAN                   Director                                    August 15, 2001
------------------------------
Gail O. Neuman
</TABLE>


                                       5
<PAGE>   7

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit                                          Description
-------                                          -----------

<S>               <C>
4.1               Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended
                  through May 1, 1998 (incorporated by reference to the Registrant's
                  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 4, 1998,
                  Exhibit 3.1).

4.2               By-laws of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference to the
                  Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
                  September 27, 1997, Exhibit 3.2).

4.3               Rights Agreement, dated as of February 13, 1996, between the Registrant
                  and Society National Bank, as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference
                  to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on
                  February 22, 1996, Exhibit 4.1).

4.4               2001 Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors of Wolverine Tube, Inc.

5.1               Opinion of Balch & Bingham LLP, regarding the legality of the securities
                  being issued.

23.1              Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors.

23.2              Consent of Balch & Bingham LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

24.1              Power of Attorney of the Officers and Directors of the Registrant
                  (contained within signature page).
</TABLE>


                                       6
[{"type": "S-8", "sequence": "1", "filename": "g71315s-8.txt", "description": "WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.", "secsgml_size_bytes": 17668}]
{"company-data": {"conformed-name": "WOLVERINE TUBE INC", "cik": "0000821407", "assigned-sic": "3350", "irs-number": "630970812", "state-of-incorporation": "DE", "fiscal-year-end": "1231"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "S-8", "act": "33", "file-number": "333-67972", "film-number": "1719273"}, "business-address": {"street1": "200 CLINTON AVENUE WEST STE 1000", "city": "HUNTSVILLE", "state": "AL", "zip": "35806", "phone": "2568900460"}}
1

    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 20, 2001
                                                    Registration No. 333-_______
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                 ---------------

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                        UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                 ---------------

                              WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                  DELAWARE                             63-0970812
      (State or Other Jurisdiction of     (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
       Incorporation or Organization)

                       200 CLINTON AVENUE WEST, SUITE 1000
                            HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA 35801
          (Address, Including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)
                                 ---------------

                              WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.
                  2001 STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR OUTSIDE DIRECTORS
                            (Full Title of the Plan)
                                 ---------------

                             JOHANN R. MANNING, JR.
           SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES AND GENERAL COUNSEL
                       200 CLINTON AVENUE WEST, SUITE 1000
                            HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA 35801
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

                                 (256) 580-3960
          (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
                                 ---------------

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
========================================================================
                                     PROPOSED    PROPOSED
                                     MAXIMUM      MAXIMUM
    Title of           AMOUNT        OFFERING    AGGREGATE    AMOUNT OF
   Securities           TO BE       PRICE PER    OFFERING   REGISTRATION
     To Be          REGISTERED(1)    SHARE(2)      PRICE         FEE
   Registered
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock,        250,000         $14.73    $3,682,500       $921
par value $0.01
========================================================================
(1) Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
number of shares of securities registered in this Registration Statement will be
increased as a result of future stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions.
         (2) Pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of determining the
registration fee and is based on the average of the high and low prices of the
common stock of Wolverine Tube, Inc. on August 16, 2001, as reported on the New
York Stock Exchange.

================================================================================
2

                                     PART I

                                EXPLANATORY NOTE

         Wolverine Tube, Inc. (the "Registrant") is filing this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 in order to register 250,000 shares of common stock, $0.01
par value per share (the "Common Stock"), to be offered or sold pursuant to the
terms and conditions of the 2001 Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors of the
Registrant (the "Plan").

         A prospectus meeting the requirements of Part I of Form S-8 has been
prepared. Such prospectus is not included in this Registration Statement but
will be delivered to all participants in the Plan pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:

         (1)      The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
                  year ended December 31, 2000;

         (2)      The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the
                  periods ended April 1, 2001 and July 1, 2001;

         (3)      The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed February 5,
                  2001, March 2, 2001, and May 1, 2001; and

         (4)      The description of the Registrant's common stock included in
                  the Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the
                  Commission on July 7, 1993 (which incorporates by reference
                  the description of the Registrant's common stock set forth
                  under the heading "Description of Capital Stock" in the
                  Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 33-65148)
                  with an effective date of August 12, 1993, including
                  amendments thereto), as supplemented by the rights registered
                  in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the
                  Commission on February 22, 1996.

All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         The Registrant is a Delaware corporation. Section 145 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law empowers a Delaware corporation to indemnify any person
who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
3

to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in
the right of such corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was
a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation or enterprise. A corporation may indemnify such person
against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with
such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a
manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
A corporation may, in advance of the final disposition of any civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding, pay the expenses
(including attorneys' fees) incurred by any officer or director in defending
such action, provided that the director or officer undertakes to repay such
amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be
indemnified by the corporation.

         A Delaware corporation may indemnify officers and directors in an
action by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor
under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without
judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the
corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or
otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must
indemnify such officer or director against the expenses (including attorneys'
fees) which he or she actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith.
The indemnification provided is not deemed to be exclusive of any other rights
to which an officer or director may be entitled under any corporation's bylaws,
agreement, vote or otherwise.

         Article Ninth of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation
and Bylaws 33 and 34 of the Registrant's Bylaws provide for mandatory
indemnification of its directors and officers and permissible indemnification of
employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware
General Corporation Law. In addition, the Registrant has entered into
indemnification agreements with its existing directors and intends to enter into
similar agreements with certain of its officers and any director elected to the
board in the future. These agreements establish contractual rights for the
officers and directors to be indemnified by the Registrant to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

         See Exhibit Index on Page 6.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

         The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1)      To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
                  made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
                  statement to include any material information with respect to
                  the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
                  registration statement or any material change to such
                  information in the registration statement;

         (2)      That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
                  Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
                  shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
                  the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
                  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
                  fide offering thereof;

         (3)      To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
                  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
                  unsold at the termination of the offering;

                                       2
4

         (4)      That, for purposes of determining any liability under the
                  Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual
                  report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
                  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by
                  reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be
                  a new registration statement relating to the securities
                  offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that
                  time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
                  thereof; and

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.

                                       3
5

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized in the City of Huntsville, State of Alabama, on this the 15th
day of August, 2001.

                                             WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.

                                             By:  /s/ DENNIS J. HOROWITZ
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                  Dennis J. Horowitz
                                                  Chairman, President and
                                                  Chief Executive Officer

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Dennis J. Horowitz, his or her
attorney-in-fact, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any
amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact, or his substitute, may do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
SIGNATURE                              TITLE                                       DATE
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/s/   DENNIS J. HOROWITZ               Chairman, President, Chief                  August 15, 2001
------------------------------         Executive Officer and Director
      Dennis J. Horowitz               (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/   JAMES E. DEASON                  Executive Vice President, Chief             August 15, 2001
------------------------------         Financial Officer, Secretary and
      James E. Deason                  Director (Principal Financial Officer
                                       and Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/   JAN K. VER HAGEN                 Director                                    August 15, 2001
------------------------------
      Jan K. Ver Hagen

/s/   W. BARNES HAUPTFUHRER            Director                                    August 15, 2001
------------------------------
      W. Barnes Hauptfuhrer

/s/   THOMAS P. EVANS                  Director                                    August 15, 2001
------------------------------
      Thomas P. Evans

/s/   JOHN L. DUNCAN                   Director                                    August 15, 2001
------------------------------
      John L. Duncan

/s/   CHRIS A. DAVIS                   Director                                    August 15, 2001
------------------------------
      Chris A. Davis
4
6
/s/   GAIL O. NEUMAN                   Director                                    August 15, 2001
------------------------------
Gail O. Neuman
5
7

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit                                          Description
-------                                          -----------
4.1               Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended
                  through May 1, 1998 (incorporated by reference to the Registrant's
                  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 4, 1998,
                  Exhibit 3.1).

4.2               By-laws of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference to the
                  Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
                  September 27, 1997, Exhibit 3.2).

4.3               Rights Agreement, dated as of February 13, 1996, between the Registrant
                  and Society National Bank, as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference
                  to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on
                  February 22, 1996, Exhibit 4.1).

4.4               2001 Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors of Wolverine Tube, Inc.

5.1               Opinion of Balch & Bingham LLP, regarding the legality of the securities
                  being issued.

23.1              Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors.

23.2              Consent of Balch & Bingham LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

24.1              Power of Attorney of the Officers and Directors of the Registrant
                  (contained within signature page).
6