DETROIT – January 4, 2024 – Detroit Pistons Head Coach Monty Williams and General Manager Troy Weaver announced today that the team has added Brian Adams to the coaching staff. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Adams joins Detroit with over 12 years of coaching experience – both at the collegiate and professional levels – including three years as an assistant coach with the Philadelphia 76ers. Most recently, Adams served as the head coach of Taipei Taishin Mars of the T1 league in Taipei City, Taiwan. A native of Pine Plains, N.Y., Adams began his career as an intern with the New York Knicks in 2005 before joining the Boston Celtics as video coordinator under Head Coach Doc Rivers from 2006-11, serving with the staff that helped guide the Celtics to the 2008 NBA Championship. Adams began his coaching career at Harvard University as an assistant coach for two seasons before joining the coaching staff at Marist University in 2013. Adams returned to the NBA with the Los Angeles Clippers organization as a coaching associate from 2014-18. He was later named Head Coach of the Agua Caliente Clippers, NBA G League affiliate of the Los Angeles Clippers, prior to the 2018-19 season. After two seasons with Agua Caliente, Adams joined Doc Rivers’ staff as assistant coach with the Philadelphia 76ers in 2020. The Sixers amassed a record of 154-82 (.653) and appeared in three Eastern Conference playoff semifinals in three seasons during his tenure. Adams earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Connecticut College, where he lettered in Cross-Country while working with the men’s basketball program as a manager and video assistant. -pistons.com-
