Dillon Adams brings more than 10 years of collegiate experience in the athletic performance field to MSU.
He arrives to Wichita Falls just prior to the 2023-24 academic year following a short run as Assistant Coach for Athletic Performance at Tarleton, where he was in charge of training the women's basketball, women's soccer, and track & field programs, as well as assisting with several other sports and overseeing weight room management.
Adams, who also spent two years (2015-17) as a graduate assistant at Tarleton, was the Director of Athletic Performance at Ottawa University in Kansas from 2018-23. He worked primarily with football, women's volleyball, men's and women's basketball, baseball, softball, and the flag football team, plus oversaw all aspects of the Braves' athletic performance department.
He also spent the first three seasons at Ottawa as the head men's and women's powerlifting coach.
In-between his first stint at Tarleton and his time at Ottawa, Adams was an assistant sports performance coach at Houston and was an intern for the football strength and conditioning program at Texas.
At Houston, he was the strength coach for women's tennis and women's golf and assisted with the Cougars football team.
While at UT, he was responsible for training sessions, assisted with nutrition, did hydration testing, and assisted with the Catapult Data System.
Adams also spent the summer of 2016 as a sports performance coach at the Performance Course in Aledo, Texas, and worked nearly three years as the student strength and conditioning coach for football at Howard Payne (January 2012 to December 2014).
Adams was a letterman on the football team at Howard Payne, graduating in December of 2014 with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Sports Science.
He earned a Master of Science in Kinesiology from Tarleton State University in December of 2016.
Adams is certified by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCa) – SCCC, the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) – CSCS and the USAW – SPC, & is RPR level 1 & 2 certified.
Adams and his wife Allyson, are the proud parents of two sons, Reed and Cole.
