Mark was a college basketball coach for 17 years. He was known as a program re-builder who took over three different programs that were a combined 28-54 (.341) in the season prior to his arrival compared to his combined final season record at those same three schools of 59-32 (.648). His teams won two championships garnering Adams Coach of the Year honors in 1989 and national recognition.

Adams appears regularly on nationally televised college basketball games on ESPN as well as numerous appearances in studio. He is also a national motivational speaker, published author and was recently inducted into the Rocky Mountain College Athletic Ring of Honor. Adams is married and has four sons and lives in Springboro, OH.

Mark Adams has faced many professional challenges. One by one he has produced positive quantifiable results:
* As a basketball coach Adams took over three college basketball programs that had won only 34% of their games the season before he arrived. In his final season at these three universities, his teams won 64% of our games, including two championships, Coach of the Year honors and national recognition.
* As a professional salesman, Adams worked for 6 years for a manufacturing company. After 6ix years revenues doubled. Mark Adams was the top producing sales professional on that team.
* Adams then set a goal in 1999 to become a college basketball analyst on ESPN. He now broadcast 35 games per season on the ESPN family of networks.

Other Related Professional Talents:

Author of eight books, most recently, Why We Win- Followership and Leadership Strategies for Team Success, Redwoods: Spread Your Roots and Coach Your Team to Success!, Winning in Overtime: Championship Sales Strategies From a Championship Coach! and two children's stories titled, Bucky's Best Friend and A Boy Named Bucky.

ESPN National College Basketball Analyst: Appear on national college basketball broadcasts on ESPN/ESPN2/ESPN3.com/Big East Network and also contribute to ESPN.com every week on the mid-majors.