# Natasha Adair

Natasha Denean Adair (née Barnes; born September 7, 1972) was a head women's college basketball coach. She most recently was the head coach for Arizona State. Adair took over for the Sun Devils after a previous stint at Delaware, appearing in the NCAA Tournament in 2022.

## Playing career

Born Natasha Deanean Barnes in Silver Spring, Maryland, she attended Albert Einstein High School, where she was a track star, leading her team to the state championship and the Penn Relays Invitational, before switching to play basketball. She went on to be named as a USA All-American in high school basketball and began to receive interest from several college coaches, namely University of Connecticut's Geno Auriemma.
Following Adair's anterior cruciate ligament injury in 1990, Auriemma did not want her on his team. However, University of South Florida Coach Trudi Lacey called with a plan for Adair to go to Pensacola, Florida, to receive treatment. After the treatment, she could play at Pensacola Junior College and, if recovery went well, transfer to South Florida. Adair went to Pensacola and played the following season, leading her team in rebounding and to two state championships. Lacey monitored her progression, and Adair transferred to South Florida. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in communication and still maintains the single season rebounding record.

## Coaching career

Following Adair's playing career, she went on to be an assistant coach at Georgetown (1998–2004) and Wake Forest (2004–2012). At Georgetown, she was primarily responsible for the post players. At Wake Forest, she was recruiting coordinator and post coach, before being promoted to associate head coach in 2007.
In 2012, Adair became College of Charleston's women's head basketball coach. In her first season there, Adair guided her team to 16 wins and a spot in the Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) postseason tournament. During the 2013–14 season, Adair's team had a 19–15 record, marking the third-highest win total in the school's Division I era. The squad also finished third in conference play and advanced to the semifinals of both the Colonial Athletic Association Championship and the WBI. In 2014, Adair was introduced by Georgetown's Director of Athletics Lee Reed as the Hoyas' ninth women's head basketball coach.

## Head coaching record

Source:
* CAA 2017–18 Women's Basketball Standings
Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| College of Charleston (Southern Conference) (2012–2014) ||||||
| 2012–13 | College of Charleston | 16–16 | 11–9 | T–5th | WBI second round |
| College of Charleston (Colonial Athletic Association) (2012–2014) ||||||
| 2013–14 | College of Charleston | 19–15 | 9–7 | T–3rd | WBI third round |
| College of Charleston: | College of Charleston: | 35–31 (.530) | 20–16 (.556) | | |
| Georgetown (Big East Conference) (2014–2017) ||||||
| 2014–15 | Georgetown | 4–27 | 2–16 | 10th | |
| 2015–16 | Georgetown | 16–14 | 9–9 | T–5th | WNIT first round |
| 2016–17 | Georgetown | 17–13 | 9–9 | 6th | WNIT first round |
| Georgetown: | Georgetown: | 37–54 (.407) | 20–34 (.370) | | |
| Delaware (Colonial Athletic Association) (2017–2022) ||||||
| 2017–18 | Delaware | 19–13 | 11–7 | T–4th | |
| 2018–19 | Delaware | 16–15 | 11–7 | T–3rd | |
| 2019–20 | Delaware | 12–17 | 8–10 | T–6th | |
| 2020–21 | Delaware | 24–5 | 16–2 | 1st | WNIT semifinals |
| 2021–22 | Delaware | 24–8 | 15–3 | 2nd | NCAA first round |
| Delaware: | Delaware: | 95–58 (.621) | 61–29 (.678) | | |
| Arizona State (Pac-12 Conference) (2022–2024) ||||||
| 2022–23 | Arizona State | 8–20 | 1–17 | 12th | |
| 2023–24 | Arizona State | 11–20 | 3–15 | 11th | |
| Arizona State (Big 12) (2024–2025) ||||||
| 2024–25 | Arizona State | 10–22 | 3–15 | 15th | |
| Arizona State: | Arizona State: | 29–62 (.319) | 7–47 (.130) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 196–205 (.489) | | | |
| 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 ||||||

## Personal life

Adair has two children.