Jody Adams (basketball)

Jody Adams

Biographical details
Born	(1972-12-28) December 28, 1972 (age 53) Cleveland, Tennessee, U.S.
Playing career
1990–1994	Tennessee
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994–1996	Auburn (Asst.)
1996–1997	Wake Forest (Asst.)
1997–2000	Minnesota (Asst.)
2000–2004	UMKC (Assoc. HC)
2004–2007	Southern Illinois (Assoc. HC)
2007–2008	Murray State
2008–2017	Wichita State
2018–2022	Southern Illinois (Asst.)
2022–2026	New Mexico State
Head coaching record
Overall	244–194 (.557)

Jody Michelle Adams-Birch (born December 28, 1972) ^[1] is a women's basketball coach who was most recently the head coach at New Mexico State University.

Career

Adams-Birch was the former women's basketball program head coach at Wichita State University from 2008 to 2017. ^{[2] [3]} She was also assistant coach at Southern Illinois from 2018 to 2022.

She was hired as New Mexico State's women's basketball coach ahead of the 2022-23 season. ^[4] The Aggies reached the final of the 2023 Women's Basketball Invitational in her first season and the second round of the 2025 Women's National Invitation Tournament in her third season. She was fired after the 2025-26 season after a 9-21 campaign. ^[5]

Personal life

She married Roy Birch in June 2016.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Murray State Racers (Ohio Valley Conference)(2007–2008)
2007–08	Murray State	24–8	15–5	T–2nd	NCAA First Round
Murray State:		24–8 (.750)	15–5 (.750)
Wichita State Shockers (Missouri Valley Conference)(2008–2017)
2008–09	Wichita State	13–18	4–14	T–9th
2009–10	Wichita State	18–15	8–10	6th	WBI Second Round
2010–11	Wichita State	17–15	10–8	5th	WNIT First Round
2011–12	Wichita State	20–13	12–6	3rd	WNIT Second Round
2012–13	Wichita State	24–10	15–3	T–1st	NCAA First Round
2013–14	Wichita State	26–7	14–4	T–1st	NCAA First Round
2014–15	Wichita State	29–5	17–1	1st	NCAA First Round
2015–16	Wichita State	8–22	5–13	8th
2016–17	Wichita State	8–10	3–4
Wichita State:		163–115 (.586)	88–63 (.583)
New Mexico State Aggies (WAC)(2022–2023)
2022–23	New Mexico State	18–17	10–8	T–5th	WBI Runner-up
New Mexico State Aggies (Conference USA)(2023–present)
2023–24	New Mexico State	13–18	6–10	T–6th
2024–25	New Mexico State	17–15	10–8	4th	WNIT
2025-26	New Mexico State	9-21	5-13	11th
New Mexico State:		57–21 (.731)	31–39 (.443)
Total:		244–194 (.557)
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

References

1. "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
2. Jody Adams
3. Suellentrop, Paul (January 22, 2017). "Jody Adams-Birch out at Wichita State, replaced by Linda Hargrove for rest of season". kansas.com. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
4. Wagner, Stephen (March 31, 2022). "Former Wichita State coach Jody Adams-Birch hired as NMSU women's basketball coach". Las Cruces Sun-News. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
5. Coppola, Nick (March 8, 2026). "New Mexico State fires women's basketball coach Jody Adams". Las Cruces Sun-News. Retrieved March 8, 2026.