Staff Directory
Jaime Adams
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Jaime Adams was named an assistant coach at North Dakota State on April 29, 2022.
Adams returns to NDSU for her second stint with the program after spending four seasons from 2008-12 as an assistant coach. She also played at NDSU from 1997-01 and was a starter on the 2000 NCAA Division II national runner-up team. Adams earned 2001 Daktronics Division II All-America Third Team honors and was recently inducted into the Bison Athletic Hall of Fame in 2019.
Over the last four seasons at NDSU, Adams has helped the Bison to their first-ever Summit League regular season title in 2026 along with the only appearances in the Summit League Tournament championship game (2024, 2026) in program history. She has been a part of several extended postseason runs with NDSU making its debut in the Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT) for the first time in program history in 2026 as a top seed and advancing to the second round. The Bison also made three straight appearances in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) from 2023-25, including advancing to the 2025 Great 8 round against Troy.
In 2025-26, Adams guided the Bison to a 29-5 (15-1 Summit) overall record, which marked the most wins in the NDSU Division I era and most since the 1995-96 season. NDSU earned its first-ever No. 1 ranking in the Mid-Major Top 25 Poll in 2026 along with receiving votes in both the Associated Press Top 25 Poll and WBCA Top 25 Poll. The Bison closed out the 2025-26 season ranking in the top 25 nationally in free throws made per game (6th, 16.9), field goal percentage (8th, 47.8), winning percentage (8th, 85.3), scoring margin (9th, 18.6), turnovers per game (9th, 11.7), free throw attempts per game (12th, 22.1), scoring offense (20th, 78.4), and three-point percentage (21st, 35.5).
Adams helped NDSU to another 20-win season with a 22-12 (13-3 Summit) overall record in 2023-24. The Bison finished in second place in the Summit League and went on to appear in their first-ever Summit League Tournament championship game. NDSU closed the season winning its first WNIT game in program history over Montana and advanced to the WNIT Super 16 round against Minnesota. The Bison completed the 2023-24 season ranking in the top 30 nationally in three-point percentage (13th, 36.8), free throw percentage (21st, 15.03) and scoring offense (29th, 75.4).
Prior to returning to NDSU, Adams was the athletic director, head varsity girls basketball coach and k-12 physical education teacher at Mohall Lansford Sherwood High School. She began her coaching career at South Dakota as a graduate assistant from 2006-08 and helped the Coyotes advance to the 2007-08 NCAA Division II National Championship game.
Adams returns to NDSU for her second stint with the program after spending four seasons from 2008-12 as an assistant coach. She also played at NDSU from 1997-01 and was a starter on the 2000 NCAA Division II national runner-up team. Adams earned 2001 Daktronics Division II All-America Third Team honors and was recently inducted into the Bison Athletic Hall of Fame in 2019.
Over the last four seasons at NDSU, Adams has helped the Bison to their first-ever Summit League regular season title in 2026 along with the only appearances in the Summit League Tournament championship game (2024, 2026) in program history. She has been a part of several extended postseason runs with NDSU making its debut in the Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT) for the first time in program history in 2026 as a top seed and advancing to the second round. The Bison also made three straight appearances in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) from 2023-25, including advancing to the 2025 Great 8 round against Troy.
In 2025-26, Adams guided the Bison to a 29-5 (15-1 Summit) overall record, which marked the most wins in the NDSU Division I era and most since the 1995-96 season. NDSU earned its first-ever No. 1 ranking in the Mid-Major Top 25 Poll in 2026 along with receiving votes in both the Associated Press Top 25 Poll and WBCA Top 25 Poll. The Bison closed out the 2025-26 season ranking in the top 25 nationally in free throws made per game (6th, 16.9), field goal percentage (8th, 47.8), winning percentage (8th, 85.3), scoring margin (9th, 18.6), turnovers per game (9th, 11.7), free throw attempts per game (12th, 22.1), scoring offense (20th, 78.4), and three-point percentage (21st, 35.5).
Adams helped NDSU to another 20-win season with a 22-12 (13-3 Summit) overall record in 2023-24. The Bison finished in second place in the Summit League and went on to appear in their first-ever Summit League Tournament championship game. NDSU closed the season winning its first WNIT game in program history over Montana and advanced to the WNIT Super 16 round against Minnesota. The Bison completed the 2023-24 season ranking in the top 30 nationally in three-point percentage (13th, 36.8), free throw percentage (21st, 15.03) and scoring offense (29th, 75.4).
Prior to returning to NDSU, Adams was the athletic director, head varsity girls basketball coach and k-12 physical education teacher at Mohall Lansford Sherwood High School. She began her coaching career at South Dakota as a graduate assistant from 2006-08 and helped the Coyotes advance to the 2007-08 NCAA Division II National Championship game.
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