MOREHEAD, Ky.—Morehead State men’s basketball coach
Donnie Tyndall announced Wednesday that he has elevated
Adam Howard to the position of Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach.
“Adam is a very hard worker who played for a great high school coach in Mike Flynn and a great college coach in Darrin Horn. He has a great disposition and personality which I feel will help us tremendously in recruiting,” Tyndall said. “His relationships with our players are fantastic and most importantly Adam is a team guy. He is willing to accept any responsibility or complete any task he is given. We are glad to have Adam on our staff and I know our players are excited for Adam as well.”
Howard, who spent last season as a graduate manager, is in his second year with Eagle basketball. He will be responsible for assisting with all aspects of the program, including practice and game day preparation and coaching, recruiting and scouting. Howard will also handle team travel.
“I am very thankful for the opportunity coach Tyndall has given me to join his coaching staff. He has been a great role model and mentor for me in the starting blocks of my career,” Howard said. “The OVC is one of the best mid-major conferences in the country and I am honored to be at Morehead State and to coach at this level.”
Howard was a four-year letterman at Western Kentucky for current South Carolina head coach Darrin Horn. While at WKU, Howard was part of three post-season appearances: the 2004-05 NIT Second Round (24-9), the 2005-06 NIT First Round, where the Hilltoppers lost to eventual champions South Carolina (23-8), and the 2007-08 NCAA Tournament (12 seed) Sweet 16. That Sweet 16 team beat Drake in the first round and San Diego in the second round before falling to Final Four participant UCLA in the Sweet 16.
He was a part of 96 wins in four seasons and was awarded the Danny Rumph Most Outstanding Teammate Award for three seasons (2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08) after the passing of his teammate and friend Danny Rumph (who passed from Cardiomyopathy, which caused heart failure during a pick up game in his hometown of Philly) at the conclusion of Howard's freshman season.
Following college, Howard worked as a host to the University of New Mexico in the Cancun Challenge 2008-09, where he first met coach Tyndall. In the summer of 2009, prior to joining the MSU staff, he worked as a counselor at the Freshman All-American Camp for the top 150 rising freshmen in the country. Howard also assisted on the Derek Smith All-Stars 16U AAU team in the summer of 2009.
A graduate of Paul G. Blazer High School in nearby Ashland, Ky., Howard earned a Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communication from Western Kentucky.
Howard’s elevation completes Tyndall’s staff for the 2010-11 season. Other staff changes have included the hiring of #Wade O’Connor
as associate head coach and the addition of Joseph Price# as an assistant coach. Former MSU standout and Tyndall’s first recruit at Morehead State,
Maze Stallworth has joined the program as the graduate manager.
