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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.1


                     AMENDMENT ONE TO AMENDED AND RESTATED
                  1993 STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR OUTSIDE DIRECTORS
                            OF WOLVERINE TUBE, INC.

This Amendment One to Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan for Outside
Directors of Wolverine Tube, Inc. dated March 22, 2001.

Section 6.07 is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

"6.07 Transferability. Options shall be nontransferable other than by will or
the laws of descent and distribution and, during the life of the Outside
Director, such Options shall be exercisable only by the Outside Director;
provided, however, that this sentence shall not preclude the Outside Director
from (i) designating a Beneficiary who shall be entitled to exercise the Option
in the event of the Outside Director's death during the exercise period
specified in Section 6.03 above, (ii) transferring Options to a revocable trust
under circumstances where the grantor Outside Director is the trustee or
co-trustee of such revocable trust and the trust beneficiaries are limited to
the grantor Outside Director and, in the event of the Outside Director's death,
the grantor's spouse, lineal descendants and lineal ancestors, or (iii) to, or
for the benefit of, the Outside Director's Immediate Family (including, without
limitation, to a trust for the benefit of the Outside Director's Immediate
Family or to a partnership or limited liability company whose only partners or
members are the Outside Director and/or the Outside Director's Immediate
Family). The transferee shall remain subject to all the terms and conditions
applicable to the Option prior to such transfer. The term "Immediate Family"
shall mean the Outside Directors's spouse, children, and grandchildren (and,
for those purposes, shall also include the Outside Director). Written notice of
the Outside Director's intent to transfer Options under this Section 6.07 must
be delivered to the Administration Committee prior to such transfer. Any
transfer is subject to such limits as the Administration Committee may
establish."