Adrian Wiggins

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Adrian Wiggins
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Clovis East HS
Biographical details
Born (1973-10-15) October 15, 1973 (age 49)
Lawton, Oklahoma
Playing career
Baseball
1992–1995 Cameron
Position(s) Pitcher/outfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1996–1997 Lawton HS (boys' asst.)
1997–1999Lawton HS (boys')
1999–2000Cameron (women's asst.)
2000–2002Cameron (women's)
2002–2005 Fresno State (women's asst.)
2005–2012Fresno State (women's)
2013–present Clovis East HS (boys')
Head coaching record
Overall215–83 (college)
53–33 (high school)
Tournaments0–5 (NCAA D-I)
2–2 (WNIT)
0–1 (NCAA D-II)

Adrian Michael Wiggins (born October 15, 1973) is an American basketball coach who is currently head boys' basketball coach at Clovis East High School. Prior to that, he was the head women's basketball coach at Fresno State.

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Early life and education

Born and raised in Lawton, Oklahoma, Wiggins graduated from MacArthur High School in 1991. [1] At MacArthur, Wiggins was an all-state pitcher on the baseball team in addition to playing basketball. [2] [3]

After high school, Wiggins attended Cameron University, a Division II school in Lawton, and played on the baseball team for four years at pitcher and outfielder. As a senior in 1995, Wiggins had a 4–4 record with a 4.84 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 14 pitching appearances with 12 starts. He also had a .265 batting average with eight home runs, eight doubles, and 33 RBI in 49 games. [4] Wiggins graduated from Cameron in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in psychology. [5]

Coaching career

YMCA and Lawton High

From 1992 to 1996, Wiggins helped organize a midnight basketball league at the Lawton YMCA, in addition to being a camp counselor. In 1996, he was a boys' varsity basketball assistant coach at Lawton High School, then was promoted to head coach a year later and stayed for two years. [5]

Cameron

In 1999, Wiggins returned to Cameron to be a women's basketball assistant coach, before being promoted to head coach on May 31, 2000. [5] In the 2001–02 season, he led Cameron to a 25–5 record, the Lone Star Conference North Division title, and first-ever NCAA Division II Tournament appearance. [6]

Fresno State

Wiggins moved up to the Division I level in 2002 as an assistant coach at Fresno State, first under Britt King in 2002–03 and Stacy Johnson-Klein in the next season. On February 9, 2005, Wiggins became interim head coach while Johnson-Klein was suspended and subsequently fired. [7] [8] Wiggins had a 7–4 record in his time as interim head coach at the end of the 2004–05 season, including an appearance in the WNIT. [9] [10] Wiggins continued to be interim head coach during the 2005–06 season as Fresno State conducted a national search for a long-term head coach. After completing a historically best 24–8 season and second straight WNIT appearance, Wiggins was promoted to the head coaching position long term on April 7, 2006. [1] In the subsequent seasons, Wiggins led the team to six straight winning seasons, including five straight NCAA Tournament appearances from 2008 to 2012. [6]

Ole Miss

On March 26, 2012, Wiggins was hired at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss). [6] However, on October 20, prior to the season, the university placed Wiggins on administrative leave and fired two of his assistant coaches due to NCAA violations, namely improper academic and recruiting conduct. [11] [12] Two days later, Mississippi fired Wiggins. [13]

Clovis East High

In January 2013, Wiggins was hired at Clovis East High as boys' varsity basketball head coach, effective in the following school year. [14] In three seasons, Wiggins has gone 53–33 at Clovis East. [15]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Cameron Aggies (Lone Star Conference)(2000–2002)
2000–01Cameron 15–127–5T–3rd (North) [16]
2001–02Cameron 25–510–21st (North) [17] NCAA Division II First Round
Cameron:40–1717–7
Fresno State Bulldogs (Western Athletic Conference)(2005–2012)
2004–05Fresno State 7–47–2T–4th* WNIT First Round
2005–06Fresno State 24–814–22ndWNIT Third Round [18]
2006–07Fresno State 18–1310–6T–3rd
2007–08Fresno State 22–1114–2T–1st NCAA First Round
2008–09Fresno State 24–912–4T–1st NCAA First Round
2009–10 Fresno State 27–716–01st NCAA First Round
2010–11Fresno State 25–814–22nd NCAA First Round
2011–12Fresno State 28–613–11st NCAA First Round
Fresno State:175–66100–19
Total:215–83

      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

*Wiggins took over as interim head coach on February 9, 2005, after the suspension of Stacy Johnson-Klein. Their cumulative record for the season was 20–11 (10–8 WAC). [9] [19]

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  9. 1 2 NCAA Career Statistics database search for Adrian Wiggins under Coaches
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