Junior Adams

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Junior Adams
Current position
Title Co-offensive coordinator
Team Oregon
Conference Pac-12
Biographical details
Born (1979-10-20) October 20, 1979 (age 44)
Fremont, California, U.S.
Playing career
1999–2000 Oregon State
2001–2002 Montana State
Position(s) Wide receiver
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2004–2006 Montana State (WR)
2007 Prosser HS (WA) (WR)
2008 Chattanooga (assistant)
2009–2013 Eastern Washington (WR)
2014–2016 Boise State (WR)
2017–2018 Western Kentucky (OC/WR)
2019–2021 Washington (WR)
2021Washington (OC/WR)
2022–present Oregon (co-OC/WR)

Alton Johnson Adams Jr. (born October 20, 1979) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the co-offensive coordinator for the Oregon Ducks. He previously served as wide receivers coach for the Washington Huskies. [1]

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Early life and education

Junior Adams was born on October 20, 1979, in Fremont, California. After finishing high school as an All-American, Adams first played college football at Oregon State University, but he later transferred and finished his career at Montana State University. [2] Adams graduated with a bachelor's degree in sociology.

Coaching career

After graduating from Montana State, Adams became the wide receivers coach for the university from 2004 to 2006. [3] After two years as a coach for Prosser High School, where he won a state championship in his sole year there, and Chattanooga, Adams became the wide receivers coach for Eastern Washington. [4] Following a dominant four-year stint, highlighted by star Cooper Kupp, Adams left Eastern Washington to become a coach at Boise State. [5] After being elevated to passing game coordinator at Boise State, [6] Adams became the offensive coordinator for Western Kentucky. [7] Adams left Western Kentucky in 2019 to a lower position, wide receivers coach, at Washington. [8] Adams would later become offensive coordinator, however, becoming the co-offensive coordinator for Oregon in 2022. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "REPORT: Oregon set to hire Junior Adams as WR coach". DuckTerritory.
  2. ↑ "ALL-TIME BOBCATS: Junior Adams". Montana State University Athletics.
  3. ↑ "Former MSU Bobcat Junior Adams hired as Oregon's co-offensive coordinator, wide receivers coach". MTSPX. January 5, 2022.
  4. ↑ "How Husky wide receivers coach Junior Adams found a second home in Prosser, Washington". The Seattle Times. March 27, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Before he became Washington's new receivers coach, Junior Adams helped Eastern Washington's Cooper Kupp launch NFL career | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com.
  6. ↑ "Junior Adams - Football Coach". Boise State University Athletics.
  7. ↑ "Junior Adams - Football Coach". Western Kentucky University Athletics.
  8. ↑ "Washington Huskies". Washington Huskies.
  9. ↑ Krueger, Nate. "Junior Adams Announced As Co-Offensive Coordinator And Wide Receivers Coach". University of Oregon Athletics.
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