Joe Adams was promoted to assistant coach for the 2008-09 season, after spending his first year as a student assistant for the Flying Queens. 

Coach Adams, who served as head 8th grade coach and assistant varsity under Coach Bryant at Trinity Christian High School, is a native of Petersburg, Tex. He attended Petersburg High School and was a four-year letterman in football, basketball and track. An All-District, All-Region and All-State basketball honoree his senior year, he played at WBU following his high school graduation, and then went on to coach at South Plains College.

Coach Adams and his wife, Stacy, have an eight-year-old daughter named Arielle.