Keitha Adams

Keitha Rachelle Adams (née Green; born February 13, 1967) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at UTEP.^[1]

Keitha Adams

Adams with UTEP in 2025
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	UTEP
Conference	C-USA
Record	296–228 (.565)
Biographical details
Born	(1967-02-13) February 13, 1967 (age 58) 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
2017–2023	Wichita State
2023–present	UTEP
Head coaching record
Overall	376–321 (.539) (college) 127–37 (.774) (junior college)
Tournaments	1–2 (NCAA) 8–2 (WNIT)

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

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.^[8] Adams is credited with building a successful women's basketball program that also "encourages interaction between players and fans."^[9] She was inducted into the El Paso Women's Hall of Fame in 2010.^[10] In 2016, she was recognized as the Conference USA Coach of the Year.^[11]

Wichita State (2017–2023)

Adams resigned from UTEP^[12] to become head coach at Wichita State on March 29, 2017.^[13]

UTEP (2023–present)

In 2023, Adams returned as head coach for UTEP.^[14]

Head coaching record

The following table shows Adams' head coaching record at the NCAA Division I level. Source:^[15][16]

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):		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
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:		80–93 (.462)	34–57 (.374)
UTEP Miners (Conference USA) (2023–present)
2023–24	UTEP	12–19	6–10	T–6th
UTEP (C-USA):		255–154 (.623)	125–89 (.584)
Total:		376–321 (.539)
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