Ball State head women’s basketball coach Brady Sallee has announced the hiring of Tennille Adams, who will join the 2015-16 basketball staff as an assistant coach. Adams replaces former associate head coach Rekha Patterson who left to become the head coach at Southeast Missouri State.
“Hiring Tennille allowed me to accomplish every single goal I set for filling this position,” Sallee said. “I wanted a strong recruiter who already had ties to the Midwest. I wanted someone who could be a strong mentor to our young ladies and I wanted someone who had a wealth of experience coaching in our sport. It is easy to see why Coach Adams started at the top of my list and stayed there throughout the whole process. Her experiences as a player in the Final Four, as an assistant in the Big Ten and a Head Coach will be a true asset to everyone involved in Ball State Women’s Basketball. I couldn’t be happier to bring a former Indiana All-Star back to her home state.”
Adams spent the last two seasons as the head coach at Howard University. Prior to becoming the head coach at Howard, Adams spent five seasons as an assistant at Northwestern University.
At Northwestern, Adams was named defensive coordinator in 2012-13 and offensive coordinator in 2011-12. She helped the Wildcats to the 10th best turn around season in 2009 and was ranked fourth among BCS schools. Adams also played an intricate role in the Wildcats back-to-back Women’s National Invitation Tournament appearances (2009-10 and 2010-11). She also helped in the player development of two First Team All-Big Ten Conference student-athletes, one Third Team All-Big Ten honoree and one Big Ten All-Freshman Team selection.
Prior to arriving at Northwestern, Adams coached at American University where she was responsible for all aspects of recruiting. She also was involved in the development of post players and the point person for academic affairs and external relations within the basketball program.
Adams, a standout player at the University of Arkansas, began her coaching career in 2004 as an assistant at Lon Morris Junior College in Jacksonville, Texas, before taking a similar position at North Carolina A&T State. She spent two years with the Aggies in Greensboro, N.C., before making the move to Washington D.C.
As a student-athlete at Arkansas, Adams was a member of the 1997-1998 Final Four team and the 1998-99 WNIT Championship team.
A native from East Chicago, Indiana, where she attended Central High School, Adams was ranked as one of the top five post player in the country by BlueStar and was a member of the 1995 Indiana All-Star team.
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