Mark Adams (basketball, born May 1956)
{{Short description|American basketball coach}}
{{distinguish|Mark Adams (basketball, born June 1956)}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Mark Adams
| image = Texas Tech vs Jackson State 12-17-22 (71) (cropped).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Adams (right) with Texas Tech in 2022
| current_title = Assistant coach
| current_team = Ole Miss
| current_conference = SEC
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|5|14}}
| birth_place = Brownfield, Texas, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = Texas Tech ('79)
| player_years1 = 1974–1976
| player_team1 = South Plains College
| coach_years1 = 1981–1983
| coach_team1 = Clarendon College (TX)
| coach_years2 = 1983–1987
| coach_team2 = Wayland Baptist
| coach_years3 = 1987–1992
| coach_team3 = West Texas A&M
| coach_years4 = 1992–1997
| coach_team4 = Texas–Pan American
| coach_years5 = 2004–2013
| coach_team5 = Howard College
| admin_years1 = 2013–2015
| admin_team1 = Texas Tech (dir. of basketball operations)
| coach_years6 = 2015–2016
| coach_team6 = Little Rock (assistant)
| coach_years7 = 2016–2021
| coach_team7 = Texas Tech (assistant)
| coach_years8 = 2021–2023
| coach_team8 = Texas Tech
| coach_team9 = East Carolina (assistant)
| coach_years9 = 2023–2024
| coach_team10 = Ole Miss (assistant)
| coach_years10 = 2024–present
| overall_record = {{winpct|528|248|record=y}}
| bowl_record =
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| championships =
| awards =
- Jim Phelan Award (2022)
- AP Big 12 Coach of the Year (2022)
- NJCAA Hall of Fame (2020)
| coaching_records =
}}
Mark Adams (born May 14, 1956) is an American college basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach at Ole Miss. He previously served as the coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team.{{cite web|url=https://texastech.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/mark-adams/2543|title=Mark Adams - Men's Basketball Coach - Texas Tech Red Raiders|website=Texas Tech University Athletics}}
Coaching career
After playing basketball at South Plains College, Adams transferred to Texas Tech, where he served as a student assistant to head coach Gerald Myers.{{cite web|url=https://wbuathletics.com/news/2017/9/13/mens-basketball-adams-time-at-wayland-among-his-most-fulfilling-years.aspx?path=mbball|title=Coach Mark Adams' time at Wayland Baptist among his most fulfilling years|website=Wayland Baptist University Athletics|date=13 September 2017 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/sports/sports-red-raiders-mens-basketball/sports-red-raiders/2017-09-22/texas-tech-assistant-adams|title=Texas Tech assistant Adams one of nine to be inducted into Wayland Baptist University Hall of Honor|first=Carlos|last=Silva Jr.|website=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal}} After graduating from Texas Tech in 1979, Adams landed his first college coaching job at Clarendon College, where he stayed for two seasons and posted 46 victories. From 1983 to 1987 he served as the head coach at Wayland Baptist, where went 100–39 overall and led the Pioneers to the 1985 NAIA title game.{{cite web|url=https://lrtrojans.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/mark-adams/117|title=Mark Adams - Assistant Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches - Little Rock Trojans|website=Little Rock Athletics}} Adams would move on to become the head coach at West Texas A&M where he'd guide the Buffaloes to two NCAA Division II tournament appearances and compile an overall record of 108–40.{{cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/wtamu.internetconsult.com/documents/2020/12/21/2020_21_Complete_Media_Guide.pdf|title=West Texas A&M Men's Basketball 2020-21 Media Guide|website=West Texas A&M Athletics}} In 1992, Adams accepted the Texas–Pan American job, where in five seasons he recorded a 44–90 record.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/mark-adams-2.html|title=Mark Adams Coaching Record at Sports-Reference.com|website=Sports-Reference.com}}
After taking time away from coaching to become the owner of the Lubbock Cotton Kings hockey team, Adams would return to basketball coaching in 2004 when he was named the head coach at Howard College. While at Howard, Adams guided the team to 233 victories, as well as a program-record 36 wins in a single season and nine consecutive NJCAA regional tournament appearances highlighted by the 2010 NJCAA Championship and a roster featuring Jae Crowder.
In 2013, Adams joined Texas Tech's staff as the director of basketball operations under Tubby Smith, a position he'd hold for two seasons before joining Chris Beard as an assistant coach at Little Rock. In his one season as an assistant with the Trojans, Adams was part of the team's 2016 regular season and Sun Belt tournament titles, along with the school's upset win over fifth-seeded Purdue in the 2016 NCAA tournament. Adams would follow Beard back to Texas Tech as an assistant coach, and has been part of three NCAA tournament squads including national runner-up in 2019.
After Beard's departure to Texas, Adams was promoted to the Red Raiders head coaching position on April 5, 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kcbd.com/2021/04/06/mark-adams-confirmed-next-ttu-head-basketball-coach/|title=Mark Adams confirmed as next TTU Head Basketball coach|first=Pete|last=Christy|website=KCBD.com|date=7 April 2021 }}{{cite web|url=https://texastech.com/news/2021/4/6/mark-adams-named-texas-tech-head-mens-basketball-coach.aspx|title=Mark Adams Named Texas Tech Head Men's Basketball Coach|website=Texas Tech University Athletics}}
Adams led Texas Tech to a 27–10 record and the NCAA tournament in his first season at the helm, reaching the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to Duke. In 2022–23, Tech finished the season with a 16–15 record and a ninth-place finish in the Big 12.
On March 5, 2023, Adams was suspended by the university over an alleged "inappropriate, unacceptable, and racially insensitive comment" that he had made to a player the previous week. In an attempt to make the player more receptive to his coaching, Adams "referenced Bible verses about workers, teachers, parents, and slaves serving their masters."{{Cite web |date=2023-03-05 |title=Tech coach Adams' comment 'racially insensitive' |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/35791167/texas-tech-coach-suspended-racially-insensitive-comment |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}
On March 8, 2023, Adams resigned from Texas Tech.{{cite web | url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/sports/college/red-raiders/2023/03/08/mark-adams-steps-down-as-texas-tech-mens-basketball-coach/69987738007/ | title=Suspended head coach Mark Adams steps down following Texas Tech's first-round loss to West Virginia }}
On June 18, 2024, Adams joined Ole Miss' staff as an assistant coach, reuniting with Beard, now the Rebels' head coach.{{cite web | url=https://www.si.com/college/olemiss/basketball/chris-beard-to-reunite-with-former-assistant-mark-adams-at-ole-miss-report-01j0q3ygd4hy | title= Chris Beard to Reunite With Former Assistant Mark Adams at Ole Miss - Report }}
Head coaching record
=NCAA DI=
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Texas–Pan American Broncs
| conference = Sun Belt Conference
| startyear = 1992
| endyear = 1997
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1992–93
| name = Texas–Pan American
| overall = 2–20
| conference = 2–16
| confstanding = 10th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1993–94
| name = Texas–Pan American
| overall = 16–12
| conference = 9–9
| confstanding = T–6th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1994–95
| name = Texas–Pan American
| overall = 14–14
| conference = 10–8
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1995–96
| name = Texas–Pan American
| overall = 9–19
| conference = 6–12
| confstanding = 10th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| season = 1996–97
| name = Texas–Pan American
| overall = 3–25
| conference = 1–17
| confstanding = 10th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Texas–Pan American
| overall = {{winpct|44|90|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|28|62|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Texas Tech Red Raiders
| conference = Big 12 Conference
| startyear = 2021
| endyear = 2023
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2021–22
| name = Texas Tech
| overall = 27–10
| conference = 12–6
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Sweet 16
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2022–23
| name = Texas Tech
| overall = 16–15
| conference = 5–13
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Texas Tech
| overall = {{winpct|43|25|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|17|19|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{winpct|87|115|record=y}}
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=NCAA DII=
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = West Texas A&M
| conference = Lone Star
| startyear = 1987
| endyear = 1992
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1987–88
| name = West Texas A&M
| overall = 20–9
| conference = 7–3
| confstanding =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1988–89
| name = West Texas A&M
| overall = 18–9
| conference = 10–4
| confstanding =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 1989–90
| name = West Texas A&M
| overall = 25–7
| conference = 9–5
| confstanding =
| postseason = NCAA Division II first round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 1990–91
| name = West Texas A&M
| overall = 25–7
| conference = 11–3
| confstanding =
| postseason = NCAA Division II first round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1991–92
| name = West Texas A&M
| overall = 20–8
| conference =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = West Texas A&M
| overall = {{winpct|108|40|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|37|15|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{winpct|108|40|record=y}}
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=NJCAA=
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Howard College
| conference = WJCAC
| startyear = 2004
| endyear = 2013
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2004–05
| name = Howard College
| overall = 25–8
| conference =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2005–06
| name = Howard College
| overall = 36–1
| conference =
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| postseason = NJCAA Division I National tournament
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2006–07
| name = Howard College
| overall = 23–7
| conference =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2007–08
| name = Howard College
| overall = 21–9
| conference =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2008–09
| name = Howard College
| overall = 20–8
| conference =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| season = 2009–10
| name = Howard College
| overall = 33–2
| conference =
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| postseason = NJCAA Division I National champion
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2010–11
| name = Howard College
| overall = 21–5
| conference =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2011–12
| name = Howard College
| overall = 23–8
| conference =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2012–13
| name = Howard College
| overall = 30–6
| conference =
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| postseason = NJCAA Division I National tournament
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Howard College
| overall = {{winpct|233|54|record=y}}
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{winpct|233|54|record=y}}
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=NAIA=
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Wayland Baptist
| conference = NAIA
| startyear = 1983
| endyear = 1987
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1983–84
| name = Wayland Baptist
| overall = 20–12
| conference =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1984–85
| name = Wayland Baptist
| overall = 30–10
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason = NAIA Runner-Up
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1985–86
| name = Wayland Baptist
| overall = 28–6
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason = NAIA second round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1988–87
| name = Wayland Baptist
| overall = 22–11
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason = NAIA first round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Wayland Baptist
| overall = {{winpct|100|39|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|0|0|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{winpct|100|39|record=y}}
| poll =
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References
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{{West Texas A&M Buffaloes basketball coach navbox}}
{{Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's basketball coach navbox}}
{{Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball coach navbox}}
{{Jim Phelan Award}}
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