Natasha Adair served as the head women's basketball coach at Arizona State for three seasons (2022-23–2024-25).
--Equal parts grit and grace: Coach Natasha Adair’s approach to the game (by Scott Bordow, ASU News/Nov. 3, 2024)
Adair, who was named the head coach at ASU on March 27, 2022, came to ASU with 10 years of head coaching experience that included stops at Georgetown, Wake Forest, College of Charleston and the University of Delaware where she was named the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Coach of the Year.
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In her three seasons at ASU, Adair coached All-Conference players Tyi Skinner and Jalyn Brown. Skinner, who set the single-season program record for 3-pointers in 2024-25, earned All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention recognition in 2023 and All-Big 12 Honorable Mention recognition in 2025. Brown, who was the team's leading scorer in 2023-24 and 2024-25, was named All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention in 2024 and joined Skinner in being named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention in 2025. Both Skinner and Brown scored more than 1,000 points during their time at ASU.
Adair came to ASU 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. In 2021-22, she coached the Blue Hens to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in nearly a decade.
Adair reached her 150th-career win against College of Charleston on January 7, 2022, a place where she earned her first career win at the helm of a program. In March 2022, Adair was named to the Advancement of Blacks in Sports (ABIS) Women's Basketball Black Coaches Watch List.
In 2020-21, 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's team was named the statistical champion in offensive rebounds per game (20.3).
Under Adair, the Blue Hens distinguished themselves as offensive threats as Delaware averaged its most points (65.8) since 2012-13. Additionally, the Hens logged 80-plus points in six different contests for the first time in six seasons while logging five straight games of 70-plus points to open the year while UD only reached 70-plus points three times in each of the previous two seasons.
In her first season (2017-18) with the Blue Hens, Adair guided Delaware to its second most wins (19) and first postseason appearance since the 2013-14 campaign. Additionally, the Hens captured 10 conference victories for the first time since 2012-13.
Adair, who has more than 20 years of coaching experience under her belt, has received the national attention of USA Basketball. 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.
Adair joined the Blue Hens from Georgetown University, where she turned around a four-win Hoyas program to a postseason contender in three seasons as 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.
At the College of Charleston, Adair posted a 35-31 overall record. 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. 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.
A founding member of the Black Coaches United, Adair has been recognized by the organization, as well as Advancement of Blacks in Sports (ABIS), as one of the top women's basketball coaches in the country. Adair prides herself on being known as a game-changer as it relates to social justice and creating a safe space for athletes to find and use their voice; where she was a guest on ESPNW's "Around the Rim" with LaChina Robinson and Delaware's UD Winning Women in Athletics: Trailblazers and Changemakers Webinar Series. 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 played at Pensacola Junior College (1990-92) before playing and graduating from the University of South Florida with a degree in communications in 1994. 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. Her coaching career has seen her develop and mentor four WNBA draft picks and several players who went on to play professionally overseas.
Adair has two children, her son Aaron, a recent summa cum laude graduate from Johnson C. Smith University, and her daughter Allyssa.
Natasha Adair’s Career Coaching Record
Season School Overall Record Conference Record
2024-25 Arizona State (Big 12) 10-22 3-15
2023-24 Arizona State (Pac-12) 11-20 3-15
2022-23 Arizona State (Pac-12) 8-20 1-17
ASU (3 seasons) 29-62 7-47
2021-22 Delaware 24-8 15-3
2020-21 Delaware 24-5 16-2
2019-20 Delaware 12-17 8-10
2018-19 Delaware 16-15 11-7
2017-18 Delaware 19-13 11-7
Delaware Totals (5 seasons) 95-58 61-29
2016-17 Georgetown 17-13 9-9
2015-16 Georgetown 16-14 9-9
2014-15 Georgetown 4-27 2-16
Georgetown (3 seasons) 37-54 20-34
2013-14 College of Charleston 19-15 9-7
2012-13 College of Charleston 16-16 11-9
College of Charleston (2 seasons) 35-31 20-16
Career Totals (13 seasons) 196-205 108-126
--Equal parts grit and grace: Coach Natasha Adair’s approach to the game (by Scott Bordow, ASU News/Nov. 3, 2024)
Adair, who was named the head coach at ASU on March 27, 2022, came to ASU with 10 years of head coaching experience that included stops at Georgetown, Wake Forest, College of Charleston and the University of Delaware where she was named the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Coach of the Year.
--Introductory Press Conference Transcription and Quotes
In her three seasons at ASU, Adair coached All-Conference players Tyi Skinner and Jalyn Brown. Skinner, who set the single-season program record for 3-pointers in 2024-25, earned All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention recognition in 2023 and All-Big 12 Honorable Mention recognition in 2025. Brown, who was the team's leading scorer in 2023-24 and 2024-25, was named All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention in 2024 and joined Skinner in being named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention in 2025. Both Skinner and Brown scored more than 1,000 points during their time at ASU.
Adair came to ASU 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. In 2021-22, she coached the Blue Hens to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in nearly a decade.
Adair reached her 150th-career win against College of Charleston on January 7, 2022, a place where she earned her first career win at the helm of a program. In March 2022, Adair was named to the Advancement of Blacks in Sports (ABIS) Women's Basketball Black Coaches Watch List.
In 2020-21, 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's team was named the statistical champion in offensive rebounds per game (20.3).
Under Adair, the Blue Hens distinguished themselves as offensive threats as Delaware averaged its most points (65.8) since 2012-13. Additionally, the Hens logged 80-plus points in six different contests for the first time in six seasons while logging five straight games of 70-plus points to open the year while UD only reached 70-plus points three times in each of the previous two seasons.
In her first season (2017-18) with the Blue Hens, Adair guided Delaware to its second most wins (19) and first postseason appearance since the 2013-14 campaign. Additionally, the Hens captured 10 conference victories for the first time since 2012-13.
Adair, who has more than 20 years of coaching experience under her belt, has received the national attention of USA Basketball. 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.
Adair joined the Blue Hens from Georgetown University, where she turned around a four-win Hoyas program to a postseason contender in three seasons as 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.
At the College of Charleston, Adair posted a 35-31 overall record. 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. 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.
A founding member of the Black Coaches United, Adair has been recognized by the organization, as well as Advancement of Blacks in Sports (ABIS), as one of the top women's basketball coaches in the country. Adair prides herself on being known as a game-changer as it relates to social justice and creating a safe space for athletes to find and use their voice; where she was a guest on ESPNW's "Around the Rim" with LaChina Robinson and Delaware's UD Winning Women in Athletics: Trailblazers and Changemakers Webinar Series. 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 played at Pensacola Junior College (1990-92) before playing and graduating from the University of South Florida with a degree in communications in 1994. 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. Her coaching career has seen her develop and mentor four WNBA draft picks and several players who went on to play professionally overseas.
Adair has two children, her son Aaron, a recent summa cum laude graduate from Johnson C. Smith University, and her daughter Allyssa.
Natasha Adair’s Career Coaching Record
Season School Overall Record Conference Record
2024-25 Arizona State (Big 12) 10-22 3-15
2023-24 Arizona State (Pac-12) 11-20 3-15
2022-23 Arizona State (Pac-12) 8-20 1-17
ASU (3 seasons) 29-62 7-47
2021-22 Delaware 24-8 15-3
2020-21 Delaware 24-5 16-2
2019-20 Delaware 12-17 8-10
2018-19 Delaware 16-15 11-7
2017-18 Delaware 19-13 11-7
Delaware Totals (5 seasons) 95-58 61-29
2016-17 Georgetown 17-13 9-9
2015-16 Georgetown 16-14 9-9
2014-15 Georgetown 4-27 2-16
Georgetown (3 seasons) 37-54 20-34
2013-14 College of Charleston 19-15 9-7
2012-13 College of Charleston 16-16 11-9
College of Charleston (2 seasons) 35-31 20-16
Career Totals (13 seasons) 196-205 108-126