John Adams
	Position: Assistant Coach At Rice: Second Season

The Rice soccer program added John Adams to the staff as an assistant coach in April of 2010. Adams works with the Rice goalkeepers and his influence is easy to see.

Last season the Owl keeper tandem of Meghan Erkel and Catherine Fitzsimmons combined for 100 saves and maintained a composite 0.91 goals-against average. Their performance was critical because Rice ended up starting four defenders on its back row who had never played together before, including two true freshmen. Adams' keepers were up to the challenge and responded with six shutouts.

He joined Rice after working the previous two seasons as an assistant coach across town at Houston Baptist University. At HBU Adams assisted with all areas of the soccer program. He helped the Huskies average nine wins per year while competing in the Great West Conference. In 2009 he coached the HBU goalkeeper to a .781 save percentage and 1.24 goals-against average.

A native of Akron, Ohio, Adams played collegiately at the University of Cincinnati. He was an All-Conference USA selection as a senior while posting a school career record of 0.72 goals allowed in his four years with the Bearcats. After college, Adams played two seasons with the Cincinnati Excite of the AISL. During his first season with the Excite, Adams helped the team to the AISL championship.

He embarked on his coaching career in 2003-04, becoming a graduate assistant at Cincinnati. He was the Director of Coaching at the Southeast Cincinnati Soccer Association from 2006-08, while also serving in a volunteer coaching role at his alma mater in 2007. Adams is a member of the NSCAA and US Youth Soccer Association. He was recently appointed as an assistant coach for the Puerto Rican women's national team.

John and his wife, Isabel Campos, have one son, futbol prodigy John René Adams.

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