Ball State hires assistant to women's basketball staff

Tennille Adams

The Ball State women's basketball team has added a former head coach from Howard University to its staff.

Head coach Brady Sallee has added Tennille Adams as an assistant coach. Adams replaces former assistant Rekha Patterson, who took a head coaching job at Southeast Missouri State.

"Hiring Tennille allowed me to accomplish every single goal I set for filling this position," Sallee said in a statement. "I wanted a strong recruiter who already had ties to the Midwest. I wanted someone who could be a strong mentor to our young ladies, and I wanted someone who had a wealth of experience coaching in our sport."

Adams has served as the head coach at Howard over the past two season. She was previously an assistant for five years at Northwestern.

She has also coached at American University, Lon Morris Junior College and North Carolina A&T State.

Adams was a standout player for Arkansas. She helped the Razorbacks get to the 1997-98 Final Four and win the 1998-99 Women's National Invitation Tournament.

"It is easy to see why Coach Adams started at the top of my list and stayed there throughout the whole process," Sallee said. "Her experiences as a player in the Final Four, as an assistant in the Big Ten and a head coach will be a true asset to everyone involved in Ball State Women's Basketball. I couldn't be happier to bring a former Indiana All-Star back to her home state."

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