Natasha Adair
| Sport(s) | Women's college basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Georgetown |
| Conference | Big East |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
September 7, 1972 Silver Spring, Maryland |
| Playing career | |
| 1991–1993 | Pensacola JC |
| 1993–1994 | South Florida |
| Position(s) | Power forward |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1998–2004 | Georgetown (assistant) |
| 2004–2012 | Wake Forest (assistant/associate) |
| 2012–2014 | College of Charleston |
| 2014–present | Georgetown |
Natasha Denean Adair (née Barnes; born September 7, 1972) is the head women's college basketball coach for the Georgetown Hoyas. She replaced head coach Jim Lewis prior to the 2014–2015 season and is the ninth in the history of the program.[1][2]
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.[2]
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.[2]
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.[1]
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.[1]
Head Coaching Record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Charleston (Southern Conference) (2012–2014) | |||||||||
| 2012–13 | College of Charleston | 16-16 | 11-9 | T-5th | WBI Second Round | ||||
| College of Charleston (Colonial Athletic Association) (2012–2014) | |||||||||
| 2013–14 | College of Charleston | 19-15 | 9-7 | T-3rd | WBI Third Round | ||||
| College of Charleston: | 35–31 (.530) | 20–16 (.556) | |||||||
| Georgetown (Big East Conference) (2014–present) | |||||||||
| 2014–15 | Georgetown | 4-27 | 2-16 | 10th | |||||
| 2015–16 | Georgetown | 16-14 | 9-9 | T-5th | WNIT First Round | ||||
| 2016–17 | Georgetown | 5-2 | 0-0 | ||||||
| Georgetown: | 25–43 (.368) | 11–25 (.306) | |||||||
| Total: | 60–74 (.448) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Personal life
Since August 2000, Adair has been married to Aaron Adair, whom she met as a teenager while playing on a neighborhood basketball court. The Adairs have two children.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 "Natasha Adair". guhoyas.com. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- 1 2 3 McKinney, Paul (November 15, 2012). "Basketball Built Upon the Foundation of Family". cofcsports.com. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- ↑ Menchaca, Ron (March 26, 2014). "Standing Tall: Natasha Adair". cofc.edu. Retrieved November 1, 2015.