"The 4th Quarter" 3rd Anniversary Podcast Series | Kyle Adams| Author |Orator|Deputy AD, Delaware State University
Summary: <p><strong>Kyle Adams</strong> is the Deputy Director of Athletics post for the Hornets.<br>Under the position, Adams is tasked with providing leadership on student-athlete welfare, risk management; NCAA, conference and Title IX compliance, in addition to recruiting, student-athlete and community engagement, among other things.<br>Adams most recently served as Principal and Chief Strategist of <strong>itsBIGGERthantheball, LLC</strong>, a leadership development entity that helps equip coaches, educators, and organizations with the necessary resources, dexterity, and awareness in providing transformative learning experiences for the next generation of leaders.</p> <p><br>Through <strong>itsBIGGERthantheball</strong>, he has provided consulting and facilitated team-building workshops multiple colleges, including Maryland Eastern Shore, College of Charleston, University of Delaware, Lincoln University of Pennsylvania and East Stroudsburg University, among others. <br>Adams has also worked in conjunction with Georgia Southern University Coaching Education, University of Washington's Center for Leadership in Athletics -Master of Education in Intercollegiate Athletic Leadership (IAL) program, and the Global Sport Institute at Arizona State University.<br>Adams brings more than two decades of coaching and higher education student development experience, most recently serving as Head Girls' Basketball Coach at the Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, Pa., , Associate Head Women's Basketball Coach at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, as well as Delaware State University and North Carolina Central University.<br></p> <p>He has also served as Head Women's Basketball Coach at his alma mater, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania.<br>Adams also has extensive experience in student diversity and advocacy while serving as Director of the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs at the University of Rio Grande to his new position.</p> <p><br>In March of 2022, he spearheaded and hosted an alumni event entitled HERstory Cannot Be Erased: The Celebration of the 1982 Cheyney State Lady Wolves and their historic run as the FIRST and ONLY HBCU to compete for the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball National Championship game. The event attracted over 200 people, including alums, politicians, stakeholders, and community partners</p> <p><br>In 2015, Adams was distinguished as one of the 30 Head Coaches across the country to participate in the Center for Coaching Excellence on the campus of Columbia University by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).<br>The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) selected Adams to participate in the ACE (Achieving Coaching Excellence) leadership development program at NCAA Headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 2014.</p> <p><br>Adams has experience conducting basketball clinics internationally, working with Bahamas Elite Basketball Clinic, Nassau, Bahamas and Southwest Summit Clinic, and Educational Workshop, Ontario, Canada. He served as a skill development trainer for the Disney biopic Rise, based on the real-life experiences of NBA champion and Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo and his family.<br>He recently published his first book, Discarding the Mask: The Soul Sacrifices of a Coach, and hosts the itsBIGGERthantheball podcast with Coach Kyle Adams.<br>Adams graduated from Cheyney University with a B.A. in Psychology and holds a M.Ed. in Athletic Coaching and Leadership from the University of Rio Grande.<br>He is a life member of the Cheyney University National Alumni Association, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), and the Epsilon Pi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated.</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chefranjohn/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chefranjohn/support</a>
