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Adair, Mosley Named to ABIS Basketball Coaches Watch List
3/16/2022 2:26:00 PM | Women's Basketball
BALDWIN, N.Y. –The University of Delaware women's basketball head coach Natasha Adair and assistant coach Darrell Mosley have been named to the Advancement of Blacks in Sports (ABIS) Women's Basketball Black Coaches Watch List, announced Tuesday, Mar. 15.
This list recognizes outstanding women's basketball coaches who are deserving and prepared to take the next step in their coaching careers. This ABIS Black Coaches Watch Lists are shared annually with Athletic Administrators and Executive Search Firms during the hiring cycle. ABIS also creates Watch Lists for Football Coaches shared this past December, Track & Field Coaches scheduled to be released in June and Volleyball Coaches to be announced this December.
Adair is in her fifth season as the head coach of the Delaware women's basketball program in 2021-22. On May 14, 2017, Adair became the fourth Head Coach in Blue Hens history. On Sunday, Mar. 13, Adair's 2021-22 squad hoisted up the program's third CAA title, and is making their appearance in the upcoming 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, the first time since the 2013 campaign. Adair also helped guide another spectacular season from tournament Most Outstanding Player, back-to-back CAA Player of the year, first team all-conference and all-tournament selection Jasmine Dickey, who became the second player in recent program history to earn back-to-back player of the year honors. A season ago, Adair took home Colonial Athletic Association (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. The team finished the year posting a 24-5 overall record, including a 16-2 mark in conference play.
This season, Adair captured her 150th-career win against College of Charleston (Jan. 7), a place where she earned her first career win at the helm of a program. During her tenure at Delaware, Adair has produced two CAA Player of the Year honorees in Dickey (2021, 2022) and Nicole Enabosi (2018) and nine all-conference nods. Prior to Delaware, Adair spent three seasons as the head coach at Georgetown University and got her first head coaching stint at Charleston, spending two seasons with the Cougars.
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.
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.
The Silver Spring, Md. native played collegiately 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.
Mosley joined the Delaware women's basketball staff as an assistant coach in the spring of 2021 and brought with him a decade of experience to Newark. Mosley was part of the coaching staff that won the 2022 Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Championship, the first time since the 2013 campaign, as the team advances to the upcoming NCAA Tournament. He also assisted in the coaching of Dickey.
Mosley arrived in Newark after a six-year stint as the head women's basketball coach at Lincoln University. While at Lincoln, Mosley collected 82 wins, the second-most victories in Lincoln history. During his time at Lincoln, the women's basketball program excelled and advanced to the CIAA Tournament semifinals three consecutive seasons (2017, 2018 and 2019). In his final complete season, Mosley coached the Lions to a school-record 23 victories en route to earning CIAA Coach of the Year honors and being a finalist for the WHoopDirt.com National Coach of the Year during the 2019-20 campaign.
Prior to Mosley being named the head women's basketball coach at Lincoln, he served as an assistant coach on the men's basketball staff at Lincoln for five seasons. Mosley played a vital role in the team's turnaround of success. In his final season on the men's staff, the Lions had their first 20-win campaign as a Division II institution during the 2013-14 season, where the Lions won the 2014 ECAC Men's Basketball Tournament Championship.
Born and raised in Chester, Pa., Mosley played collegiately at Delaware State for two seasons where he helped guide the team to a conference title and NIT appearance. Mosley transferred to Lincoln University to finish out his basketball career where he became the starting point guard and team captain.
The lists were created in response to Dr. Richard Lapchick's annual TIDES 2020 Racial & Gender Report Card (RGRC) in college sports that showed that men's and women's head basketball coaches of color were not representative of the population served. Coaches were selected by our Men's and Women's Basketball Watch List Committees.
ABOUT ABIS: Founded by Gary Charles, New York's Godfather of Grassroots Basketball fostered a partnership with notable African Americans and social justice activists and allies to launch the Advancement of Blacks in Sports, Inc. (ABIS), on September 2, 2020. ABIS is a non-profit organization with a mission to boldly advocate for a culture of equity and inclusion that results in the advancement of racial, economic, and social justice for Blacks in sports. ABIS members include coaches, administrators, and athletes at all levels of sports, academicians, civil rights attorneys, social justice influencers, diversity, equity and inclusion allies and advocates. For more see: www.weareabis.org.
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This list recognizes outstanding women's basketball coaches who are deserving and prepared to take the next step in their coaching careers. This ABIS Black Coaches Watch Lists are shared annually with Athletic Administrators and Executive Search Firms during the hiring cycle. ABIS also creates Watch Lists for Football Coaches shared this past December, Track & Field Coaches scheduled to be released in June and Volleyball Coaches to be announced this December.
Adair is in her fifth season as the head coach of the Delaware women's basketball program in 2021-22. On May 14, 2017, Adair became the fourth Head Coach in Blue Hens history. On Sunday, Mar. 13, Adair's 2021-22 squad hoisted up the program's third CAA title, and is making their appearance in the upcoming 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, the first time since the 2013 campaign. Adair also helped guide another spectacular season from tournament Most Outstanding Player, back-to-back CAA Player of the year, first team all-conference and all-tournament selection Jasmine Dickey, who became the second player in recent program history to earn back-to-back player of the year honors. A season ago, Adair took home Colonial Athletic Association (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. The team finished the year posting a 24-5 overall record, including a 16-2 mark in conference play.
This season, Adair captured her 150th-career win against College of Charleston (Jan. 7), a place where she earned her first career win at the helm of a program. During her tenure at Delaware, Adair has produced two CAA Player of the Year honorees in Dickey (2021, 2022) and Nicole Enabosi (2018) and nine all-conference nods. Prior to Delaware, Adair spent three seasons as the head coach at Georgetown University and got her first head coaching stint at Charleston, spending two seasons with the Cougars.
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.
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.
The Silver Spring, Md. native played collegiately 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.
Mosley joined the Delaware women's basketball staff as an assistant coach in the spring of 2021 and brought with him a decade of experience to Newark. Mosley was part of the coaching staff that won the 2022 Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Championship, the first time since the 2013 campaign, as the team advances to the upcoming NCAA Tournament. He also assisted in the coaching of Dickey.
Mosley arrived in Newark after a six-year stint as the head women's basketball coach at Lincoln University. While at Lincoln, Mosley collected 82 wins, the second-most victories in Lincoln history. During his time at Lincoln, the women's basketball program excelled and advanced to the CIAA Tournament semifinals three consecutive seasons (2017, 2018 and 2019). In his final complete season, Mosley coached the Lions to a school-record 23 victories en route to earning CIAA Coach of the Year honors and being a finalist for the WHoopDirt.com National Coach of the Year during the 2019-20 campaign.
Prior to Mosley being named the head women's basketball coach at Lincoln, he served as an assistant coach on the men's basketball staff at Lincoln for five seasons. Mosley played a vital role in the team's turnaround of success. In his final season on the men's staff, the Lions had their first 20-win campaign as a Division II institution during the 2013-14 season, where the Lions won the 2014 ECAC Men's Basketball Tournament Championship.
Born and raised in Chester, Pa., Mosley played collegiately at Delaware State for two seasons where he helped guide the team to a conference title and NIT appearance. Mosley transferred to Lincoln University to finish out his basketball career where he became the starting point guard and team captain.
The lists were created in response to Dr. Richard Lapchick's annual TIDES 2020 Racial & Gender Report Card (RGRC) in college sports that showed that men's and women's head basketball coaches of color were not representative of the population served. Coaches were selected by our Men's and Women's Basketball Watch List Committees.
ABOUT ABIS: Founded by Gary Charles, New York's Godfather of Grassroots Basketball fostered a partnership with notable African Americans and social justice activists and allies to launch the Advancement of Blacks in Sports, Inc. (ABIS), on September 2, 2020. ABIS is a non-profit organization with a mission to boldly advocate for a culture of equity and inclusion that results in the advancement of racial, economic, and social justice for Blacks in sports. ABIS members include coaches, administrators, and athletes at all levels of sports, academicians, civil rights attorneys, social justice influencers, diversity, equity and inclusion allies and advocates. For more see: www.weareabis.org.
BLUE HENS on SOCIAL MEDIA
For the latest on the University of Delaware Women's Basketball, follow the Blue Hens via social media on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. #BlueHens
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