Back on 5/25, HoopDirt.com reported that Adam Hood was in the mix for an assistant spot at UTSA (Daily Dirt – 5/25/16). It’s now been made official as UTSA head basketball coach Steve Henson announced that Hood has been hired as an assistant coach, effective immediately.
“Adam is a terrific addition to our staff,” Henson said. “He has great ties to the state of Texas and is extremely excited to get back in the state. Coach Hood will be an outstanding recruiter, mentor and coach to our student-athletes.”
“Having spent the last four or five years in different states, it’s great to be home,” said Hood, who is a native of Dallas. “When you get to recruit to something that you really believe in and have great pride in as I do with the state of Texas, it’s really exciting both personally and professionally. I’m honored to join the staff here at UTSA with Coach Henson, who I’ve been fortunate to know since playing against his teams at UNLV. Coach Henson has a tremendous work ethic and passion for the game and I look forward to learning from him while helping our student-athletes both on and off the court.”
Hood comes to UTSA after spending the previous two seasons (2014-16) as an assistant coach at Columbia, where he served as the recruiting coordinator and coached the team’s perimeter players. During his time with the Lions he helped the squad to 38 wins, including a school-record 25-10 mark in 2015-16. Columbia capped the season by winning the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT), which was the first postseason title in program history.
He also played a key role in developing two-time first-team All-Ivy League selection Maodo Lo, who finished his career as Columbia’s No. 3 all-time leading scorer, as well as all-conference picks Grant Mullins and Alex Rosenberg.
Prior to his time at Columbia, Hood spent two campaigns (2012-14) at Boston University as a special assistant. There he served as a mentor to the student-athletes and coordinated team travel, scouting and game-day operations. During his tenure with the Terriers, the team captured the 2014 Patriot League Regular Season Championship and collected five all-conference honors in the two-year span. In all, Boston went 41-24 and made back-to-back postseason appearances in the 2013 CIT and 2014 National Invitational Tournament (NIT).
Hood also spent a season (2011-12) as the associate head coach at Thayer (Mass.) Academy and he was a head coach for the Middlesex Magic AAU organization in 2011.
He began his coaching career after he served five years as a commissioned United States Air Force Officer, where he was a project manager for the Aeromedical Division and Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS).
On the court, Hood was a four-year letterwinner at the United States Air Force Academy and his teams compiled an 84-42 record with an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2006 and a spot in the 2007 NIT semifinals. After leading the team in free-throw percentage during his senior year, Hood graduated in 2008 with a degree in human factors engineering.
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