Mark Adams (born June 26, 1956) is a college basketball analyst on the ESPN family of networks. [1] Adams was previously head coach of the Central Connecticut Blue Devils from 1991 to 1996. [2]
Adams was also an assistant coach at Washington State University from 1989-91, head coach at Western Oregon University from 1985-89, head coach Rocky Mountain College from 1982-85, and assistant coach at Idaho State University from 1979-82.
Robert Anthony Stoops is an American football coach. He served the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma from 1999 through the 2016 season. He led the Oklahoma Sooners to a record of 190–48 over 18 seasons. His 2000 Oklahoma Sooners football team won the 2001 Orange Bowl, which served as the BCS National Championship Game, and earned a consensus national championship. In 2020, Stoops was head coach and general manager for the Dallas Renegades of the XFL.
Timm Lane Rosenbach is an American college football coach and former professional gridiron football player. Rosenbach was the head football coach at Adams State University in Alamosa, Colorado, taking the position at the Division II school in December 2014 and remaining there until he resigned in December 2017. He played from 1989 until 1995 in the National Football League (NFL) and the Canadian Football League (CFL). Rosenbach attended Washington State University and was selected in the first round of the 1989 NFL supplemental draft.
Darrell "Dr. Victory" Mudra is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Adams State College (1959–1962), North Dakota State University (1963–1965), the University of Arizona (1967–1968), Western Illinois University (1969–1973), Florida State University (1974–1975), Eastern Illinois University (1978–1982), and the University of Northern Iowa (1983–1987), compiling a career college football record of 200–81–4. Murdra was also the head coach of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) for one season in 1966. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2000.
James Mason Donnan III is a former American football player and coach and now a television analyst for college football and a motivational speaker. He served as the head football coach at Marshall University (1990–1995) and the University of Georgia (1996–2000), compiling a career record of 104–40. His 1992 Marshall team won an NCAA Division I-AA national title. Donnan was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2009.
Ronald George Adams is an American basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
John Hobbs Adams was an American football player and coach. He served two tenures as football coach for the Kansas State Wildcats and also coached high school football in San Diego.
Ron Harms is a former American football coach. He served as head football coach at Concordia University Nebraska from 1964 to 1969, at Adams State College—now known as Adams State University—from 1970 to 1973 and at Texas A&M University–Kingsville from 1979 to 1999, compiling a career college football coaching record of 219–112–4. Harms was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2012.
William Conrad Heiss Jr. was an American football player and coach of multiple sports. He served as the head football coach at Adams State College (1948–1949), St. Cloud State University (1950), Colorado College (1951–1953), and the University of Northern Colorado (1963–1965), compiling a career college football record of 40–34–5. Heiss was also the head basketball coach at Colorado College for one season in 1951–52, tallying a mark of 2–14, and the head baseball coach at the University of Denver from 1955 to 1959, amassing a record of 70–61–1. His 1957 baseball team won the Skyline Conference championship. Heiss played college football at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the mid-1940s.
Gene A. Carpenter was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Adams State College—now known as Adams State University in 1968 and at Millersville University of Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2001, compiling a career college football coaching record of 220–90–6. Carpenter was inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame in 2012.
James Paronto is a former baseball and American football player, coach, and official. He served at the head football coach at Adams State College—now known as Adams State University—from 1977 to 1980 and at Mesa State College—now known as Colorado Mesa University—from 1990 to 1993, compiling a career college football coaching record of 41–43. He is the father of Kris Paronto.
Joel Swisher is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Dakota State University (1973–1976), Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota (1977–1980), Adams State College (1982–1983), and Jamestown College (1992–1994), compiling a career college football record of 65–55–4.
David Lorenzo Shaw is the head coach of the Stanford Cardinal football team. Shaw was the team's offensive coordinator for the entire tenure of head coach Jim Harbaugh from 2007 to 2010. Previously, Shaw was a four-year letter winner playing as a wide receiver for the Cardinal from 1991 to 1994, where he was coached by Dennis Green and Bill Walsh. Prior to returning to Stanford as offensive coordinator, Shaw was Harbaugh's passing game coordinator at the University of San Diego and an assistant coach in the NFL for the Philadelphia Eagles, Oakland Raiders, and Baltimore Ravens.
Michael Joseph “Mo” Scarry was an American football player and coach. He grew up in Pennsylvania, and played football in college at Waynesburg College in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania and went on to join the Cleveland Rams in the National Football League (NFL) as a center following a stint in the U.S. Army during World War II. The Rams moved to Los Angeles after winning the 1945 NFL championship, and Scarry elected to stay in Cleveland and play for the Cleveland Browns under coach Paul Brown in the new All-America Football Conference (AAFC). The Browns won the AAFC championship in 1946 and 1947 while Scarry was on the team.
Mark August Helfrich is a former American football coach who is now an analyst for Fox Sports. He was the head coach for the University of Oregon from 2013 to 2016 before getting fired after a 4–8 record in the 2016 season. He most recently served as the offensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears from 2018 to 2019. He played professionally in the Austrian Football League.
Richard Adams, known as Dick or Dickie, was a gridiron football defensive back who was drafted and tried out for the Houston Oilers of the National Football League, and later played for the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League. Adams was released at the end of the first week of the Oilers' 1971 training camp before the first preseason game.
Keitha Rachelle Adams is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at Wichita State.
William Adolph Danenhauer is a former American football player who played for Denver Broncos and Boston Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Emporia State University. Danenhauer served as the head football coach at the University of Nebraska Omaha from 1975 to 1977, compiling a record of 8–23–2. He name to Nebraska–Omaha in 1970 as an assistant coach under Al Caniglia. From 1961 to 1969, he was the head football coach at Adams City High School in Commerce City, Colorado, tallying a mark of 47–37–6. Danenhauer's son is Bill Danenhauer Jr.
Richard A. "Sparky" Adams was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Chadron State College in Chadron, Nebraska from 1973 to 1977 and at Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minnesota from 1978 to 1981, compiling a career college football coaching record of 3–53–1. Adams also served as the head baseball coach at the University of Dubuque from 1982 to 1985, tallying a mark of 43–59. Early in his career, he was hired by Gil Brandt to be a scout and part-time assistant for the fledgling Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL).
Klayton Adams is an American football coach who is the tight ends coach for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as an assistant coach at the University of Colorado Boulder, San Jose State University, Sacramento State University, Western Washington University and Boise State University.
Mark Adams is an American college basketball coach who is the currently the head coach for the Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team.