17h Alexa Philippou. Less than two weeks ago, Natasha Adair was coaching the Delaware Blue Hens in the NCAA Womens Basketball Tournament.Now shes the coach at Arizona State. When we started out on this journey, President Crow and I agreed that this would be a great opportunity to try and move the program forward and we also knew that we had a unique set of circumstances, ASU Athletic Director Ray Anderson said. I will continue to work.". Were going to have fun while we do it and were going to make sure that all their 'Whys? --ASU women's basketball hires Natasha Adair as Head Coach (ASU State Press). I cannot wait to get in the lab with you, Adair said, addressing the players. While coaching ASU has been an honor for Turner Thorne, she said it is time to step away from the game and make her family her primary focus. (Tempe, AZ) Arizona State University head women's basketball coach Natasha Adairtoday announced that Yvonne Sanchez, a coach with more than 30 years of experience both as an assistant and head coach, will join Adair's staff as special assistant to the head coach. ", HIRING LINKS 2022. Both teams wongold medals. Center Warren Washington will aim to play for his fourth school as he seeks a transfer from Arizona State. The Maryland native began her coaching career as an assistant at Georgetown University in 1998 and first became a head coach at the College of Charleston in 2012. Follow her on Twitter @jennarortiz. He has previously worked for Arizona PBS and AZPreps365.com. Turner Thorne announced her retirement. Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball, 202223 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team, "Sun Devil Athletics Brand Identity Guidelines", "TheSunDevils.com - Arizona State University Athletics", Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Watts College of Public Service & Community Solutions, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arizona_State_Sun_Devils_women%27s_basketball&oldid=1142767437, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, This page was last edited on 4 March 2023, at 07:32. She is Delaware's representative on the CAA United for Change committee along with being the head coach representative at the Student-Athletes Against Social Injustice Task Force educational session. ASU has a tradition of success, and me and my staff will work tirelessly to win.". Her coaching career has seen her develop and mentor four WNBA draft picks and several players who went on to play professionally overseas. 2 all-time in the Pac-10/Pac-12 for career wins. The biggest thing is you have to be an advocate for young people, Adair said. Additionally, the Hens captured 10 conference victories for the first time since 2012-13. Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Shes also contributed to Team USA as the U18 Womens National Team assistant coach in 2018 and a U19 assistant coach in 2019. The ASU womens basketball head coach Natasha Adair answered questions from the media on Monday, March 28. 0:36. In 1996, she moved over to become the head coach at Arizona State University. [4] In 1993, Turner Thorne became head coach at Northern Arizona, winning consecutive seasons in 1994-95 and 199596, the first time the school had accomplished this. https://t.co/HPYQXMZ4C7, dawnstaley (@dawnstaley) March 27, 2022. Follow her on Twitter @jennarortiz. At the end of the 2006-07 season, the Sun Devils ranked No. Director, Women's Basketball Ops. "I am thrilled and honored to be named the new head women's basketball coach here at Arizona State University," Adair said in a statement. --ASU women's basketball HC hopes to build 'national power' in Tempe (Sports360AZ.com) BREAKING NEWS ?? Adair spoke highly of the program, acknowledging the culture of winning that the university has. The ASU womens basketball head coach Natasha Adair answered questions from the media on Monday, March 28. March 2022: Natasha Adair is named the new ASU head coach ( press release) March 2022: Grace Grocholski (2023) decommits from ASU April 2022: Mykala Walker and Darrell Mosley are hired as assistant coaches ( press release) April 2022: Journey Thompson (2022) commits to ASU May 2022: Camille Collier is hired as an assistant coach ( press release) She spent the past five at Delaware, leading the Blue Hens to a Colonial Athletic Association title and NCAA Tournament appearance this season. The winningest coach in ASU women's basketball . "I'm just so excited for this transition where they will be my top priority.". "I definitely won't be retiring. [2] Biography Adair has two children, her son Aaron, a recent summa cum laude graduate from Johnson C. Smith University, and her daughter Allyssa, a high school junior who aspires to play volleyball at the collegiate level. Having achieved 26 wins in the 2008-09 season, Turner Thorne became one of three Pac-10 coaches alongside University of Washington head coach Chris Gobrecht and Stanford University head coach Tara VanDerveer to have led their respective schools to five or more consecutive 20-win seasons. We havent gone in depth, but I wanted them to know Im here for them andcame here to win, and were going to work our tails off. In the three years prior to Turner Thorne's arrival in 1996, the Sun Devils compiled an overall record of 20-60, struggling to make a name for themselves as a competitive basketball . "For nearly three decades, I've had the honor and privilege to coach and develop women student-athletes and am grateful for the opportunity to continue to do so here at ASU and in the Pac-12," Adair continued. In the 2001-2002 season, the team achieved a record of 25-9, which matched the single-season school record for most wins at that time. Delaware reached the WNIT twice in Adairs previous four years in charge. TEMPE - Citing a desire to contend for a national championship, Arizona State's newest coaching hire made a strong first impression. "The alignment, vision, innovation, and national brand is why I call ASU home.". "For nearly three decades, I've had the honor and privilege to coach and develop women student-athletes and am grateful for the opportunity to continue to do so here at ASU and in the Pac-12," Adair continued. Mar 27, 2022, 11:05 AM | Updated: 12:07 pm, Head coach Natasha Adair of the Delaware Blue Hens talks to her team during the game against the Maryland Terrapins during the first round of the 2022 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament held at the Xfinity Center on March 18, 2022 in College Park, Maryland. Adair is no stranger to building a program following a long-tenured head coach. All rights reserved. Adair comes to Tempe after serving as head coach for five seasons at the University of Delaware and will take over for former head coach Charli Turner Thorne, who announced her retirement in early March. The Sun Devils play at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe, Arizona near the campus. We truly have it all. This past season, Adair led the Blue Hens to their third Colonial Athletic Association title in program history and their first NCAA Tournament appearance in nearly a decade. #ForksUp pic.twitter.com/xtxAre7dgz. Download Full Image. A season ago, Adair took home the CAA Coach of the Year honors after she helped guide her squad to a regular-season title, WNIT Charlotte Region Championship and a WNIT semifinals appearance, finishing with a 24-5 overall record and 16-2 mark in league play. Adair reached her 150th-career win against College of Charleston on January 7, 2022, the same place where she earned her first career win at the helm of a program. At the College of Charleston, Adair posted a 35-31 overall record. The Dream Team under Sun Devil Women's Basketball head coach Natasha Adair. Marissa Schuldthrew her first career perfect game as #17 Sun Devil Softball Swept the Wildcats 8-0 in a run-rule win Sunday afternoon. */. She will take over a program that missed the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year this past season after seven consecutive appearances excluding 2020. Her predecessors at Delaware and Georgetown both held their roles for more than 20 years. They were a strong defensive unit all year, but their shot-making struggled down the stretch. From the moment I stepped onto campus, I knew this was the place for me to build and grow our womens basketball program to a national power.. Fantasy Women's Basketball; HoopGurlz 2023 Top 100; HoopGurlz 2024 Super 60; HoopGurlz 2025 Terrific 25; Penn State lands former All-Big Ten guard Owusu. Full Bio. ASU women's basketball head coach Natasha Adair brings player-focused approach in new era Jenna Ortiz Arizona Republic View Comments 0:11 0:34 New Arizona State women's basketball coach. We want to take this program a step further. Coyotes. TEMPE, Ariz. - Natasha Adair has been named the head coach for the Arizona State University women's basketball program, on March 27, 2022, as announced by Vice President for University Athletics and Athletics Director Ray Anderson. Through five seasons, Adair led the program to three Colonial Athletic Association titles and postedback-to-back 20-win seasons. Continue supporting student journalism and, BREAKING: ASU to open medical school as part of effort to address state's medical staff shortage, Tempe voters reject entertainment district, Coyotes arena in unofficial election results. In phone conversations with ASU, Adair took the initiative to see if the school fit her vision as well. She is married to Will Thorne and they have three children, Conor, Liam, and Quinn. We talked about the modern student-athlete and how times have changed since weve played. She takes over the program following Charli Turner Thorne's retirement after 25 seasons. [2], Turner Thorne studied psychology at Stanford University, where she played basketball under Tara VanDerveer. Cronkite News, the news division of Arizona PBS, is produced by the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. robert.skinner@asurams.edu Phone 229-500-2861 In 43 years as head women's basketball coach, Robert Skinner has proved to be one of the most respected coaches in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) where is he has record a 587-512 overall coaching record. Natasha Adair has been named the head coach for the Arizona State University women's basketball program, on March 28, 2022, as announced by Vice President for University Athletics and Athletics Director Ray Anderson. [5][6], In July 2009, Turner Thorne became vice president of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's (WBCA) Executive Committee. . The Sun Devils struggled at the end of the season, finishing with a seven-game losing streak and 12-14 record. There is so much that we want to do and so many things we want to accomplish.. Conference regular season champion In the 2006-07 season, the Sun Devils won 31 games, including a school record 16 Pac-10 wins, which brought them to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament for the first time. ASU has a tradition of success, and me and my staff will work tirelessly to win, Adair said. /* Add your own MailChimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. Her player-led, coach supported (approach) was huge. She led the program to its first NCAA Tournament since 2013 this season and was named the Colonial Athletic Association Coach of the Year a season ago after reaching the WNIT semifinals. Adair previously spent 14 seasons in the assistant coaching ranks, with eight years (2004-12) at Wake Forest University and six seasons (1998-04) at Georgetown University. We want to contend for a national championship, Adair said. Additionally, the squad finished third in conference play, defeated five postseason teams from the previous year and advanced to the semifinals of both the CAA Championship and the Women's Basketball invitational. Adair was named CAA Coach of the Year in 2021. Continue supporting student journalism and, BREAKING: ASU to open medical school as part of effort to address state's medical staff shortage, Tempe voters reject entertainment district, Coyotes arena in unofficial election results. Natasha Adair Named Arizona State Women's Basketball Head Coach March 27, 2022 Ray Anderson announces Natasha Adair as the new head coach for women's basketball. 2020-21 Women's Basketball Schedule. Wilner Hotline. Earlier this month, Adair was named to the Advancement of Blacks in Sports (ABIS) Women's Basketball Black Coaches Watch List. By Bill McCulloch. Its been a short stay in Arizona so far for Adair, but she has met with her team and gone over the basics of getting to know each other. "President Crow and our Vice President for University Athletics,Ray Anderson, have efficiently built an elite university and athletics program that is innovative with a national brand; I am honored to be part of this illustrious team.". As intimidating as it could be for a new coach in the Pac-12, Adair has already received immense support from the coaches. Editor's note: This story was updated on March 28 at 4:54 p.m. to include quotes from Natasha Adair. Playing experience is preferred, but is not required. Adair, who has more than 20 years of coaching experience under her belt, has received the national attention of USA Basketball. She is the winningest Sun Devil coach since the team was established and as of 2019[update], stood as No. Reach the reporter at jenna.ortiz@arizonarepublic.com or 602-647-4122. "We are thrilled to add Ashley to our Penn State family," fifth-year head coach Carolyn Kieger said in a statement. Adair played collegiately at Pensacola Junior College (1990-92) before playing and graduating from the University of South Florida with a degree in communications in 1994. On the court, Adair has past success developing a program into contenders and tookDelaware to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in nearly a decade this season. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. This is a professional coaching position and all of the duties of the position must be conducted in . Turner Thorne may be retiring as head coach of the Sun Devils, but she said she is not done working and hopes to be around the ASU community in the years to come. Sun Devil Hall of Fame & Hall of Distinction, ASU women's basketball HC hopes to build 'national power' in Tempe (Sports360AZ.com), Yvonne Sanchez returns to Sun Devil WBB as special assistant to the head coach, WBBs Mosley one of 50 named to Most Impactful High Major Assistants in DI WBB, WBB's Darrell Mosley promoted to associate head coach, Sun Devil WBBs Carter Caplan one of 46 selected to participate in NCAA program, Notes and Numbers from the 2022-23 Women's Basketball Season. "I'm going to look into a number of different things, maybe some broadcasting, maybe some writing, maybe some teaching here at ASU," Turner Thorne said. She played college basketball for Pensacola Junior College and then South Florida from 1990-94. Story Links TEMPE, Ariz. - Arizona State University head women's basketball coach Natasha Adair today announced that Yvonne Sanchez, a coach with more than 30 years of experience both as an assistant and head coach, will join Adair's staff as special assistant to the head coach. TEMPE, Ariz. Natasha Adair has been named the head coach for the Arizona State University women's basketball program, on March 27, 2022, as announced by Vice President for University Athletics and Athletics Director Ray Anderson. In the Cougars' first season in the CAA in 2013-14, Adair guided The College to a record of 19-15, marking the third-highest win total in the school's Division I era. Every place Ive been, weve had success because we empoweredour student-athletes. Marissa Schuldthrew her first career perfect game as #17 Sun Devil Softball Swept the Wildcats 8-0 in a run-rule win Sunday afternoon. Point guard Frankie Collins is returning to the Arizona State Sun Devils and will represent Bobby Hurley's lone returning starter. [2], As of the end of the 201617 season, the Sun Devils have a 670475 all-time record. Adair brings her talents to the west coast after five seasons at Delaware, where she compiled a 95-58 record (62.0 percent), including two back-to-back 20-win seasons, and captured the program's third CAA title. Conference tournament champion, FIBA Under-21 World Championship for Women, Charli Turner Thorne Gives Birth To Third Son Tuesday Morning December 30, 2003, "Arizona State University Athletics Official Website", "TWENTY-FIFTH WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES -- 2009", "Charli Turner Thorne to take leave of absence from ASU basketball", "Arizona State's Turner Thorne retires: 'It's time', https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charli_Turner_Thorne&oldid=1149973988, This page was last edited on 15 April 2023, at 15:48. Reach the reporter at rmastey@asu.edu and follow @MasteyRemy on Twitter. Anderson said a big factor was that he knew Adair could follow such a long-tenured and accomplished head coach, having done the same at Georgetown and Delaware. Adair is no stranger to building a program following a long-tenured head coach. Behind Adair's leadership, GU finished 2016-17 with a 17-13 record, the most wins for the Hoyas since 2011-12, and garnered the team's second-straight trip to the Postseason WNIT. She has coached for 28 seasons from 1993 to 2022. Longtime Arizona State women's basketball head coach Charli Turner Thorne announced her retirement from coaching Thursday after 25 seasons with ASU. Earlier this month, Adair was named to the Advancement of Blacks in Sports (ABIS) Women's Basketball Black Coaches Watch List. Download Full Image, ASU student receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for DNA origami research, ASU retains No. Under Adair, the Blue Hens distinguished themselves as offensive threats as Delaware averaged its most points (65.8) since 2012-13. Adair made her intentions of building up a player-focused program that centers on developing not just on the court, but off the court as well. We've got our head coach ?????? She served as an assistant coach for the U18 Women's National Basketball Team and the U19 Women's World Cup Team Trials Court, where both teams took home Gold medals. Download Full Image Read More Athletics Sun Devil Athletics Next Story #17 Sun Devils Sweep #14 Wildcats 8-0 in First Perfect Game Since 2017 We want to contend for national championships and get to Final Fours. Turner Thorne has led the Arizona State women's basketball team to the NCAA Tournament 14 times. "President Crow and our Vice President for University Athletics. "We're excited to have found that person in Natasha and look forward to the next era of Sun Devil women's basketball.". Turner Thorne, a two-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year award winner, notably took a leave of absence during the 2011-12 season, citing the desire to regain life balance. Shehas advocated for student-athletes finding their voice at Delaware. ASU womens basketball coach Charli Turner Thorne steps down after 25-season run. The biggest thing is, you have to be an advocate for young people. She is Delaware's representative on the CAA United for Change committee along with being the head coach representative at the Student-Athletes Against Social Injustice Task Force educational session. Adair had offensive success in the past as Delaware averaged its most points (65.8) since 2012-13. 10 in the final Associated Press poll, the highest final rankings in each poll that the school had ever achieved. At the College of Charleston, Adair posted a 35-31 overall record. "From the moment I stepped onto campus, I knew this was the place for me to build and grow our women's basketball program to a national power. November 16, 2022. . Arizona State University. During her tenure, Delaware boasted consecutive 20-win seasons, won its third CAA title and averaged its most points since 2012-13. Under Adair, Delaware averaged its most points (65.8) since 2012-13. Creative Commons. Turner Thorne began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Washington in 1988, then an assistant coach at Santa Clara in 1990. "I'm retiring," Turner Thorne said. Adair will bethe first Black woman to lead the Sun Devilswomen's basketball program.