Coach Adams is in his fourth season as the Director of Athletic Performance at OU. Adams works with the football, women’s volleyball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, baseball, and softball teams.
He spent his first three seasons at Ottawa University as the head men's and women's powerlifting coach.
Before coming to Ottawa University, Adams was the assistant sports performance coach at the University of Houston. He was the strength coach for women's tennis and women's golf and assisted with football, where he did in-season training, nutrition and hydration testing.
Prior to working at the University of Houston, Adams was an intern for the football strength and conditioning program at the University of Texas from May 2017 to July 2017. While at UT, he was responsible for training sessions, assisted with nutrition, did hydration testing, and assisted with the Catapult Data System.
From May 2015 to May of 2017, Adams was a professional intern of sports performance at Tarleton State University. He assisted with training for football, volleyball and men's and women's basketball and was head strength coach for the throwers on the TSU track team and for the coed Cheer Team. He was also in charge of facility maintenance and assisted with nutrition for athletes.
Adams was a sports performance coach at the Performance Course in Aledo, Texas, from May 2016 to August 2016. He also spent time as the student strength and conditioning coach for football at Howard Payne University from January 2012 to December 2014.
He was a letterman on the football team at Howard Payne University, graduating in December of 2014 with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Sports Science. Adams earned a Master of Science in Kinesiology from Tarleton State University in December of 2016.
Adams is certified by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCa) – SCCC, the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) – CSCS and the USAW – SPC.
