1993–1994 South Florida Titles Coach | Name Natasha Adair | |
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1991–1993 Pensacola Junior College 2004–2012 Wake Forest (assistant/associate) Team Georgetown Hoyas women's basketball | ||
Women's Basketball - Welcome Natasha Adair
Natasha Denean Adair (née Barnes; born September 7, 1972) is the head women's college basketball coach for the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens. She replaced head coach Tina Martin and is the fourth in the history of the program.
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- Womens Basketball Welcome Natasha Adair
- UD Introduces Natasha Adair as New Womens Basketball Coach
- Playing career
- Coaching career
- Head Coaching record
- References
UD Introduces Natasha Adair as New Women's Basketball Coach
Playing career
Born Natasha Barnes in Silver Spring, Maryland, she attended Albert Einstein High School, where she was a track star, leading her team to the state championship and the Penn Relays Invitational, before switching to play basketball. She went on to be named as a USA All-American in high school basketball and began to receive interest from several college coaches, namely University of Connecticut's Geno Auriemma.
Following Adair's anterior cruciate ligament injury in 1990, Auriemma did not want her on his team. However, University of South Florida Coach Trudi Lacey called with a plan for Adair to go to Pensacola, Florida, to receive treatment. After the treatment, she could play at Pensacola Junior College and, if recovery went well, transfer to South Florida. Adair went to Pensacola and played the following season, leading her team in rebounding and to two state championships. Lacey monitored her progression, and Adair transferred to South Florida. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in communication and still maintains the single season rebounding record.
Coaching career
Following Adair's playing career, she went on to be an assistant coach at Georgetown (1998–2004) and Wake Forest (2004–2012). At Georgetown, she was primarily responsible for the post players. At Wake Forest, she was recruiting coordinator and post coach, before being promoted to associate head coach in 2007.
In 2012, Adair became College of Charleston's women's head basketball coach. In her first season there, Adair guided her team to 16 wins and a spot in the Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) postseason tournament. During the 2013-2014 season, Adair's team had a 19-15 record, marking the third-highest win total in the school's Division I era. The squad also finished third in conference play and advanced to the semifinals of both the Colonial Athletic Association Championship and the WBI. In 2014, Adair was introduced by Georgetown's Director of Athletics Lee Reed as the Hoyas' ninth women's head basketball coach.
Head Coaching record
==Personal life==Adair have two children.