| Junior Adams | |
| Current Title: | Co-offensive coordinator |
| Current Team: | Oregon |
| Current Conference: | Big Ten |
| Birth Date: | 20 October 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Fremont, California, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1999–2000 |
| Player Team1: | Oregon State |
| Player Years2: | 2001–2002 |
| Player Team2: | Montana State |
| Player Positions: | Wide receiver |
| Coach Years1: | 2004–2006 |
| Coach Team1: | Montana State (WR) |
| Coach Years2: | 2007 |
| Coach Team2: | Prosser HS (WA) (WR) |
| Coach Years3: | 2008 |
| Coach Team3: | Chattanooga (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 2009–2013 |
| Coach Team4: | Eastern Washington (WR) |
| Coach Years5: | 2014–2016 |
| Coach Team5: | Boise State (WR) |
| Coach Years6: | 2017–2018 |
| Coach Team6: | Western Kentucky (OC/WR) |
| Coach Years7: | 2019–2021 |
| Coach Team7: | Washington (WR) |
| Coach Years8: | 2021 |
| Coach Team8: | Washington (OC/WR) |
| Coach Years9: | 2022–present |
| Coach Team9: | Oregon (co-OC/WR) |
Alton Johnson Adams Jr. (born October 20, 1979) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the co-offensive coordinator for the Oregon Ducks. He previously served as wide receivers coach for the Washington Huskies.[1]
Junior Adams was born on October 20, 1979, in Fremont, California. After finishing high school as an All-American, Adams first played college football at Oregon State University, but he later transferred and finished his career at Montana State University.[2] Adams graduated with a bachelor's degree in sociology.
After graduating from Montana State, Adams became the wide receivers coach for the university from 2004 to 2006.[3] After two years as a coach for Prosser High School, where he won a state championship in his sole year there, and Chattanooga, Adams became the wide receivers coach for Eastern Washington.[4] Following a dominant four-year stint, highlighted by star Cooper Kupp, Adams left Eastern Washington to become a coach at Boise State.[5] After being elevated to passing game coordinator at Boise State,[6] Adams became the offensive coordinator for Western Kentucky.[7] Adams left Western Kentucky in 2019 to a lower position, wide receivers coach, at Washington.[8] Adams would later become offensive coordinator, however, becoming the co-offensive coordinator for Oregon in 2022.[9]