| Natasha Adair | |
| Current Title: | Head Coach |
| Current Team: | Arizona State |
| Current Conference: | Big 12 |
| Birth Date: | 7 September 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Silver Spring, Maryland |
| Player Years1: | 1990–1992 |
| Player Team1: | Pensacola JC |
| Player Years2: | 1992–1994 |
| Player Team2: | South Florida |
| Player Positions: | Power forward |
| Coach Years1: | 1998–2004 |
| Coach Team1: | Georgetown (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 2004–2007 |
| Coach Team2: | Wake Forest (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 2007–2012 |
| Coach Team3: | Wake Forest (associate) |
| Coach Years4: | 2012–2014 |
| Coach Team4: | College of Charleston |
| Coach Years5: | 2014–2017 |
| Coach Team5: | Georgetown |
| Coach Years6: | 2017–2022 |
| Coach Team6: | Delaware |
| Coach Years7: | 2022–present |
| Coach Team7: | Arizona State |
| Tournament Record: | NCAA |
Natasha Denean Adair (née Barnes; born September 7, 1972) is the current head women’s college basketball coach for Arizona State. Adair took over for the Sun Devils after a previous stint at Delaware, appearing in the NCAA Tournament in 2022.
Born Natasha Deanean Barnes in Silver Spring, Maryland, she attended Albert Einstein High School, where she was a track star, leading her team to the state championship and the Penn Relays Invitational, before switching to play basketball. She went on to be named as a USA All-American in high school basketball and began to receive interest from several college coaches, namely University of Connecticut's Geno Auriemma.[1]
Following Adair's anterior cruciate ligament injury in 1990, Auriemma did not want her on his team. However, University of South Florida Coach Trudi Lacey called with a plan for Adair to go to Pensacola, Florida, to receive treatment. After the treatment, she could play at Pensacola Junior College and, if recovery went well, transfer to South Florida. Adair went to Pensacola and played the following season, leading her team in rebounding and to two state championships. Lacey monitored her progression, and Adair transferred to South Florida. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in communication and still maintains the single season rebounding record.
Following Adair's playing career, she went on to be an assistant coach at Georgetown (1998–2004) and Wake Forest (2004–2012). At Georgetown, she was primarily responsible for the post players. At Wake Forest, she was recruiting coordinator and post coach, before being promoted to associate head coach in 2007.[2]
In 2012, Adair became College of Charleston's women's head basketball coach. In her first season there, Adair guided her team to 16 wins and a spot in the Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) postseason tournament. During the 2013–14 season, Adair's team had a 19–15 record, marking the third-highest win total in the school's Division I era. The squad also finished third in conference play and advanced to the semifinals of both the Colonial Athletic Association Championship and the WBI. In 2014, Adair was introduced by Georgetown's Director of Athletics Lee Reed as the Hoyas' ninth women's head basketball coach.
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Adair has two children.[4]