Keitha Adams
| Sport(s) | Women's basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Wichita State |
| Conference | The American |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
February 13, 1967 Oxford, Kansas |
| 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), formerly known as Keitha Green, 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 due to marriage.[2][3][4]
Coaching career
Adams began her coaching career in 1987 as an assistant girls' basketball 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 an assistant women's basketball 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 to become head coach at Wichita State on March 29, 2017.[13]
Head coaching record
The following table shows Adams' head coaching record at the NCAA Division I level. Source:[14][15]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |||||||
| Total: | 284–209 (.576) | ||||||||
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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.
- ↑ "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.