One of the most distinguished alumni to ever come out of Fresno Pacific, Ron Adams started his career on the freshman men's basketball team in 1965. A 6'0 guard from Laton, California, Adams scored a school-record 43 points in a game on the freshman team, before playing three years of varsity ball. He started the last two seasons and averaged 11.4 points per game as a junior.
After staying on to serve as an assistant coach for the program, he was promoted to head coach in 1972 at the age of 25. The program experienced an instant turnaround, going from 7-20 the year before to 16-13 in Adams' first season. He would coach FPC for two more seasons, leading the team to a 19-7 record in 1973-74, which stood as the program's all-time winningest season for 25 years.
With Fresno Pacific as the launching pad, Adams' coaching career has taken him across the globe and to the game's highest level. From FPC, he went on to coach collegiately at U.S. International, UC Santa Barbara, Fresno State and UNLV. In 1986 he became the head men's basketball coach at Fresno State, leading the Bulldogs for four seasons before moving on to the NBA.
There, he's had the opportunity to coach some of the best players in the world, including Ray Allen, Kevin Durant, Gary Payton, Scottie Pippen, David Robinson and league MVP's Derrick Rose and Steph Curry.
He's held assistant coaching stints with the San Antonio Spurs (1992-94), Philadelphia 76ers (1994-96), Milwaukee Bucks (1998-03), Chicago Bulls (2003-08, 2010-11) and Oklahoma City Thunder (2008-10). He also served as a player personnel-scout for the Portland Trail Blazers (1996-98) and a special assignments scout for the Bulls (2008). He currently serves as the head defensive coach for the Golden State Warriors, a team that won the NBA Finals in 2015.
Adams has also coached professional basketball in Belgium and Japan, and consulted and coached with the Canadian national basketball program and Belgian Basketball Federation.
