Chadron State College Athletics

Adams coached the Chadron State College football team for five years, beginning in 1973. During that span, the Eagles had a 31-17 record. Only one other CSC coach, Brad Smith, now the Eagles’ athletic director, had a better winning percentage after coaching the Eagles for five or more years. He was well-known for his passing-game strategies and was a tireless recruiter. Adams was an outstanding football player at Lawrence University in his native Wisconsin and coached football and other sports at high schools in that state for several years before becoming an assistant at Drake in 1969. He then came to CSC and later coached at Bemidji State in Minnesota and Dubuque University in Iowa.
Until retiring in the late 1990s, Adams was a high school activities director and principal at Wisconsin high schools. He also helped coach football at Carroll College for four years and at Lawrence one year before becoming a full-time fan. In the spring of 2001, Adams was inducted into the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame. He died in April 2010 at the age of 79.