Adrian Walters

Biography

Adrian Walters is in his first season as the associate head coach for the Lady Raiders in the 2024-25 season. Walters come to Tech after spending five seasons as an assistant coach with the North Carolina women's basketball program. While with the Tar Heels, Walters coached the team to the NCAA Tournament all five years he was there, including two second-round appearances and a third-round appearance. In the 2024-25 season, North Carolina would go 29-8 overall and 13-5 in the ACC to finish fourth in the regular season. In addition, the Tar Heels advanced to the semifinals of the conference tournament before making it to the third round of the NCAA Tournament. In Walters' stint at North Carolina, the Tar Heels totaled 109 overall wins and 56 conference victories. He would coach two WBCA All-American Honorable Mentions in Janelle Bailey (2021) and Deja Kelly (2022), one WNBA top-10 draft pick in Stephanie Watts, seven All-ACC selections and 13 Academic All-ACC members. Prior to his time in Chapel Hill, N.C., Walters spent the 2019-20 season as an assistant coach for the University of Alabama's women's basketball team. In that year, the Crimson Tide recorded its highest amount of regular season (18) and conference wins (8) since 1997-98. Walters served as Alabama's defensive coordinator and oversaw the post players at Alabama, helping the team hold opponents to just 64.2 points per game that year. Before this, Walters served as an assistant coach at Auburn for seven seasons wher