Adams Named Women's Head Coach At Syracuse
2/25/2019 3:27:00 PM | Women's Soccer
15 Years On South Main
A two-time Conference USA Coach of the Year, Adams compiled a career record of 87-55-23 on South Main. Her Owl teams captured both C-USA regular season (2012 & 2017) and tournament (2014) championships, earned national rankings and advanced to the NCAA Tournament both as an automatic and as an at-large entry. Last fall Rice soccer posted the highest team grade-point average among all Division I programs (as well as the second-highest GPA for all divisions) on the way to the program receiving the United Soccer Coaches' Team Academic Award.
"We are grateful to Coach Adams for the terrific program she's helped build over a 16-year career at Rice," said Joe Karlgaard, Rice Director of Athletics, Recreation and Lifetime Fitness. "She's left Rice soccer in a far better place than she found it. We are excited to build upon that foundation with new leadership. We wish Nicky, Charlie, and Cade the very best in their new adventure, and while today is bittersweet for us, the future has never been brighter for the Rice soccer program."
Adams started at Rice in 2003 as an assistant coach and was promoted to associate head coach in 2006. The El Paso, Texas, native was named the program's interim head coach midway through the 2010 season and the head coach at its conclusion. She played professional soccer after an All-America career at Texas A&M was inducted into her alma mater's Athletics Hall of Fame in the fall of 2015.
"Rice University is a very special place and will always have a special place in my heart," Adams said. "I have been so fortunate to work with so many wonderful people and incredible players over the last 16 years. I would like to thank the entire athletic department, all its supporters, Rice Soccer alumnae and current players for believing in me and my vision during my time there."