Jody Adams (basketball)

Jody Adams

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	New Mexico State
Conference	Conference USA
Record	30–34 (.469)
Biographical details
Born	(1972-12-28) December 28, 1972 (age 52) Cleveland, Tennessee
Playing career
1990–1994	Tennessee
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994–1996	Auburn (Asst.)
1996–1997	Wake Forest (Asst.)
1997–2000	Minnesota (Asst.)
2000–2004	UMKC (Assoc. HC)
2004–2007	Southern Illinois (Assoc. HC)
2007–2008	Murray State
2008–2017	Wichita State
2018–2022	Southern Illinois (Asst.)
2022–present	New Mexico State
Head coaching record
Overall	217–157 (.580)

Jody Michelle Adams-Birch (born December 28, 1972)[1] is the women's basketball program head coach at New Mexico State University.

Career

Adams-Birch was the former women's basketball program head coach at Wichita State University from 2008 to 2017.[2][3] She was also assistant coach at Southern Illinois from 2018 to 2022.

Personal life

She married Roy Birch in June 2016.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Murray State Racers (Ohio Valley Conference) (2007–2008)
2007–08	Murray State	24–8	15–5	T–2nd	NCAA First Round
Murray State:		24–8 (.750)	15–5 (.750)
Wichita State Shockers (Missouri Valley Conference) (2008–2017)
2008–09	Wichita State	13–18	4–14	T–9th
2009–10	Wichita State	18–15	8–10	6th	WBI Second Round
2010–11	Wichita State	17–15	10–8	5th	WNIT First Round
2011–12	Wichita State	20–13	12–6	3rd	WNIT Second Round
2012–13	Wichita State	24–10	15–3	T–1st	NCAA First Round
2013–14	Wichita State	26–7	14–4	T–1st	NCAA First Round
2014–15	Wichita State	29–5	17–1	1st	NCAA First Round
2015–16	Wichita State	8–22	5–13	8th
2016–17	Wichita State	8–10	3–4
Wichita State:		163–115 (.586)	88–63 (.583)
New Mexico State Aggies (WAC) (2022–2023)
2022–23	New Mexico State	18–17	10–8	T–5th	WBI Runner-up
New Mexico State Aggies (Conference USA) (2023–present)
2023–24	New Mexico State	12–17	6–10	T–6th
New Mexico State:		30–34 (.469)	16–18 (.471)
Total:		217–157 (.580)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
2. Jody Adams
3. Suellentrop, Paul (January 22, 2017). "Jody Adams-Birch out at Wichita State, replaced by Linda Hargrove for rest of season". kansas.com. Retrieved February 11, 2017.