Keitha Adams
Sport(s) | Women's basketball |
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Current position | |
Title | Head coach |
Team | Wichita State |
Conference | The American |
Biographical details | |
Born |
Oxford, Kansas | February 13, 1967
Alma mater | Southwestern College |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1987–1989 | Belle Plaine HS (asst.) |
1991–1994 | Winfield HS |
1994–1996 | Independence CC (asst.) |
1996–2001 | Independence CC |
2001–2017 | UTEP |
2017–present | Wichita State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall |
284–209 (.576) (college) 127–37 (.774) (junior college) |
Tournaments |
1–2 (NCAA) 8–2 (WNIT) |
Keitha Rachelle Adams (born February 13, 1967) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at Wichita State.[1]
Prior to the 2006–07 season, Adams coached as Keitha Green prior to her divorce.[2][3][4]
Coaching career
Adams began her coaching career in 1987 as a girls' basketball assistant coach at Belle Plaine High School in Belle Plaine, Kansas while studying at Southwestern College, from which she would ultimately graduate in 1989.[5] After graduating from Southwestern, Adams joined Winfield High School in Winfield, Kansas and coached softball, volleyball, and track before ultimately settling on basketball full-time in 1991.[6][7]
In 1994, Adams became a women's basketball assistant coach at Independence Community College; she was also a men's and women's tennis coach in the 1994–95 season.[5] Independence promoted Adams to head coach in 1996. In five seasons as head coach, Adams had a cumulative 127–37 record and two Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference titles in 2000 and 2001.[5]
UTEP (2001–2017)
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) hired Adams as head women's basketball coach on April 20, 2001.[5] Adams coached at UTEP for 16 seasons and accumulated a 284–209 record, three Conference USA regular season titles (2008, 2012, 2016), one C-USA Tournament title (2012), two NCAA Tournament appearances (2008 and 2012), and two WNIT appearances (2014 and 2016)—the only such titles and postseason bids in program history.[5][8]
Following a 24–7 season in 2013–14 and appearance in the 2014 WNIT, UTEP signed Adams to a six-year contract extension.[5]
In her final season as head coach, UTEP went 8–23 season in 2016–17.
At UTEP, Adams created a mentorship program that helped ensure a high graduation rate among her players.[9] Adams is credited with building a successful women's basketball program that also "encourages interaction between players and fans."[10] She was inducted into the El Paso Women's Hall of Fame in 2010.[11] In 2016, she was recognized as the Conference USA Coach of the Year.[12]
Wichita State (2017–present)
Adams resigned from UTEP[13] to become head coach at Wichita State on March 29, 2017.[14]
Head coaching record
The following table shows Adams' head coaching record at the NCAA Division I level. Source:[15][16]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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UTEP Miners (Western Athletic Conference) (2001–2005) | |||||||||
2001–02 | UTEP | 3–25 | 1–17 | 10th | |||||
2002–03 | UTEP | 10–19 | 5–13 | 9th | |||||
2003–04 | UTEP | 16–13 | 10–8 | 4th | |||||
2004–05 | UTEP | 12–17 | 7–11 | T–7th | |||||
UTEP (WAC): | 41–74 (.357) | 23–49 (.319) | |||||||
UTEP Miners (Conference USA) (2005–2017) | |||||||||
2005–06 | UTEP | 14–15 | 6–10 | T–7th | |||||
2006–07 | UTEP | 22–8 | 10–6 | T–4th | |||||
2007–08 | UTEP | 28–4 | 16–0 | 1st | NCAA Second Round | ||||
2008–09 | UTEP | 18–12 | 11–5 | 2nd | |||||
2009–10 | UTEP | 16–16 | 6–10 | 10th | |||||
2010–11 | UTEP | 16–14 | 7–9 | 9th | |||||
2011–12 | UTEP | 29–4 | 15–1 | 1st | NCAA First Round | ||||
2012–13 | UTEP | 22–10 | 8–8 | 5th | |||||
2013–14 | UTEP | 29–8 | 12–4 | 3rd | WNIT Runner-up | ||||
2014–15 | UTEP | 12–16 | 7–11 | 11th | |||||
2015–16 | UTEP | 29–5 | 16–2 | 1st | WNIT Quarterfinals | ||||
2016–17 | UTEP | 8–23 | 5–13 | T–11th | |||||
UTEP (C-USA): | 243–135 (.643) | 119–79 (.601) | |||||||
Wichita State Shockers (American Athletic Conference) (2017–present) | |||||||||
2017–18 | Wichita State | 14–17 | 9–7 | T-5th | |||||
Wichita State: | 14–17 | 9–7 | |||||||
Total: | 298–226 (.569) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ↑ "Wichita State will hire UTEP's Keitha Adams as women's basketball coach". kansas. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
- ↑ "Natasha Lacy To Join Women's Basketball Team". UTEP Athletics. May 3, 2006. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
- ↑ Bloomquist, Bret (April 6, 2017). "Keitha Adams says farewell to UTEP, assistant leaving too". El Paso Times. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
- ↑ "Keitha Adams Announces 2006-07 UTEP Womens Basketball Schedule". UTEP Athletics. September 12, 2006. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Keitha Adams". UTEP Athletics. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
- ↑ Knapp, Adam (November 3, 1996). "Transfer of power". Wichita Eagle. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
- ↑ Frazier, Duane (November 29, 1991). "Great expectations". Wichita Eagle. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
- ↑ Keitha Adams coach search; http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch
- ↑ "Keitha Adams". El Paso Inc. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ↑ "Another Great Season for Lady Miners". El Paso Times. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ↑ Brunner, Mark (12 April 2010). "Adams Adds To Accomplishments With El Paso Women's Hall Of Fame Induction". News @ UTEP. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ↑ Nicolas, Alex (7 March 2016). "UTEP Women's Basketball: Keitha Adams named Conference USA Coach of the Year". Miner Rush. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ↑ Hoppough, Tomas. "Former UTEP women's basketball coach says deciding to leave was hard". KFOX. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
- ↑ "Keitha Adams Named Women's Basketball Coach". Wichita State Athletics. March 29, 2017. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
- ↑ 2016-17 UTEP Women's Basketball Factbook (PDF). UTEP Athletics. 2016. pp. 41–44.
- ↑ "C-USA Standings - 2016-17". ESPN. Retrieved June 26, 2017.