Keitha Adams
# Keitha Adams

Keitha Rachelle Adams (born February 13, 1967) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at UTEP.

Prior to the 2006–07 season, Adams was known as Keitha Green.

## 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. 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.

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. 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.

### UTEP (2001–2017)

The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) hired Adams as head women's basketball coach on April 20, 2001. 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.

Following a 24–7 season in 2013–14 and appearance in the 2014 WNIT, UTEP signed Adams to a six-year contract extension.

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. Adams is credited with building a successful women's basketball program that also "encourages interaction between players and fans." She was inducted into the El Paso Women's Hall of Fame in 2010. In 2016, she was recognized as the Conference USA Coach of the Year.

### Wichita State (2017–2023)

Adams resigned from UTEP to become head coach at Wichita State on March 29, 2017.

### UTEP (2023–present)

In 2023, Adams returned as head coach for UTEP.

## Head coaching record

The following table shows Adams' head coaching record at the NCAA Division I level. Source:

Statistics overview :

| 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): | 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): | UTEP (C-USA): | 243–135 (.643) | 119–79 (.601) | | |
| Wichita State Shockers (American Athletic Conference) (2017–2023) ||||||
| 2017–18 | Wichita State | 14–17 | 9–7 | T-5th | |
| 2018–19 | Wichita State | 12–18 | 5–11 | T-8th | |
| 2019–20 | Wichita State | 16–15 | 7–9 | T-6th | |
| 2020–21 | Wichita State | 6–12 | 2–9 | 9th | |
| 2021–22 | Wichita State | 14–16 | 5–11 | 9th | |
| 2022–23 | Wichita State | 18–15 | 6–10 | T-8th | |
| Wichita State: | Wichita State: | 80–93 (.462) | 34–57 (.374) | | |
| UTEP Miners (Conference USA) (2023–present) ||||||
| 2023–24 | UTEP | – | – | | |
| UTEP (C-USA): | UTEP (C-USA): | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 364–302 (.547) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||
