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BIOGRAPHY |
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“I’ve always been impressed with how Keith’s teams have
played; He has the experience and the ability to connect with
our student-athletes. He enjoys coaching and has an energy that
is contagious. Keith will do a great job for us and we’re
excited about having him here.”
"He's well-known around the state and the Washington, D.C.,
area," Dickman said. "He's personable, and he's had success at
Wootton and Springbrook. I think he'll be a great recruiter.
We're ecstatic to have him. He'll bring a lot to the program."
- Tom Dickman, Head Coach Hood College
 Coach
Adams was appointed to the Blazers' staff in May 2005 and is in
his 5th season on Blazers staff.
In his second season with the Blazers he helped lead the Blazers
to the Capital Athletic Conference Regular Season Championship,
their first 20 win season and a birth in the NCAA tournament.
The Blazers finished the season with a 21-8 record. During that
season Head Coach Tom Dickman was named Coach of the Year and
the Blazers had two players receive all Conference 1st Team:
Ryan Junghans and Jesse Gutekunst.
In his first year as a Blazer assistant he helped lead the
Blazers to a 14-11 record and winning the Moravian Greyhound
Classic. The 14 wins set a school record for wins in a season.
Coach Adams works primarily with the post players and is the
lead recruiter of student athletes for the basketball program.
He came to Hood with 15 years of basketball coaching experience,
five of which came as a high school head coach.
He turned Springbrook into one of the top programs in the
Washington metropolitan area by leading them to a 54-22 record
from 2002-05. He led the Blue Devils to the 2004 Maryland Class
4A state finals and finished with a 24-4 record; to a No. 1
ranking in the Washington Post—during the 2003-04 season—for the
first time in school hi history; was named Coach of the Year in
2004 by The Gazette (Montgomery), the Montgomery Journal and the
Montgomery County Sentinel and also coached one the regional
teams in the final Jordan Brand Capital Classic; He guided
Springbrook to an 18-6 record in 2002-03 that included the
Montgomery County 4A/3A East Division championship and a trip
the Class 4A West Region finals.
His former player Folarin Campbell went on to George Mason
University where he helped lead them to the Final Four during
the 2005-2006 season.
During his tenure as the head coach at Wootton High School from
2000-02 he led the Patriots to the 4A West Semi Finals in 2000.
He also led them to their first double digit win season in
almost ten years.
As an assistant at Paint Branch High School under legendary
coach Hank Galotta and his good friend Walter Hardy he won one
State Championship in 2000 and three Regional Championships in
1995, 1996, and 2000)
Coach Adams holds a B.S. in history from Bowie State University,
an M.A. in teaching from Grand Canyon University and is
currently working in a Administrative Leadership Certificate at
Hood.
Coach Adams is also a Certified Athletic Administrator (CAA).
He belongs to a number of Professional Organizations including:
- National Education Association
- National Association of Basketball Coaches
- Black Coaches Association
- National Interscholastic Administrators Association
He is married to Cecily Darden Adams and the couple welcomed
their first son Keith, Jr., into the family in the fall 2008.
Adams also has a step-son, Victor. The Adams family resides in
Silver Spring, Md.
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