Jody Adams Investigated Again at Wichita State

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One time Gopher assistant and current coach of one time Gopher, Rangie Bessard, is suspended for at least two games:

Jody Adams-Birch has been replaced as Wichita State women’s basketball coach for home games Friday and Sunday while athletic director Darron Boatright reviews “information recently received about the women’s basketball program,” he said in a statement.

The recent decision of sophomore Ellie Lehne to transfer started events that led to the decision, several sources close to the program said.

Lehne met with Boatright to discuss her transfer and her teammates joined her on Tuesday to discuss the overall atmosphere of the team, according to the sources. The players boycotted practice that day, the sources said.

Lehne, from Bryon, Ill., is the second player to leave the team since early December. Sophomore Jyar Francis left the team to transfer closer to her home of Hammond, La., WSU said in a news release on Dec. 8.
 

http://www.kansas.com/sports/college/wichita-state/article128112014.html

Jody Adams out at WSU.

The successful and tumultuous Wichita State coaching career of Jody Adams-Birch ended on Sunday with what the athletic department called an amicable parting of ways.

WSU turns to Linda Hargrove, 66, who coached the Shockers from 1989-98, to finish the season, according to a news release. Hargrove attended Sunday’s game against Illinois State. Athletic director Darron Boatright informed the team of the move after the game. Players were not available for interviews

Boatright declined to say whether Adams-Birch was fired or resigned.

Assistants Kirk Crawford, Bridgette Gordon and Kaci Bailey will continue with Hargrove. Boatright, according to the release, will soon begin a coaching search to pick the successor to Adams-Birch, WSU’s most successful women’s coach...

...Adams-Birch coached into her ninth season. The Shockers won the last game she coached, 74-67 at Evansville on Jan. 15.

She took three straight Shocker teams to the NCAA Tournament, winning three Missouri Valley Conference regular-season championships and three postseason tournament championships in those seasons.

The 2014-15 Shockers went 29-5 to set the school record for victories.

She finishes with a record of 161-115 at WSU. She is first on WSU’s career wins list.

But Adams-Birch’s tenure has also been known for complaints of mistreatment from players by Adams-Birch and her coaching staff. Four players quit after the 2014-15 season, WSU’s third straight season in the NCAA Tournament.
 

http://www.kansas.com/sports/college/wichita-state/article128112014.html

Jody Adams out at WSU.

The successful and tumultuous Wichita State coaching career of Jody Adams-Birch ended on Sunday with what the athletic department called an amicable parting of ways.

WSU turns to Linda Hargrove, 66, who coached the Shockers from 1989-98, to finish the season, according to a news release. Hargrove attended Sunday’s game against Illinois State. Athletic director Darron Boatright informed the team of the move after the game. Players were not available for interviews

Boatright declined to say whether Adams-Birch was fired or resigned.

Assistants Kirk Crawford, Bridgette Gordon and Kaci Bailey will continue with Hargrove. Boatright, according to the release, will soon begin a coaching search to pick the successor to Adams-Birch, WSU’s most successful women’s coach...

...Adams-Birch coached into her ninth season. The Shockers won the last game she coached, 74-67 at Evansville on Jan. 15.

She took three straight Shocker teams to the NCAA Tournament, winning three Missouri Valley Conference regular-season championships and three postseason tournament championships in those seasons.

The 2014-15 Shockers went 29-5 to set the school record for victories.

She finishes with a record of 161-115 at WSU. She is first on WSU’s career wins list.

But Adams-Birch’s tenure has also been known for complaints of mistreatment from players by Adams-Birch and her coaching staff. Four players quit after the 2014-15 season, WSU’s third straight season in the NCAA Tournament.
Poor Bessard. She didn't get much of a chance to shine here, where she was recruited by one coaching staff and ended up playing for another before she left for Wichita State, where she was recruited by one coaching staff and will now end up playing for another. Obviously, there were Adams-Birch red flags but...
 

http://www.kake.com/story/36076410/former-wsu-womens-coach-hired-by-derby

Adams is now a high school assistant coach:


The former head coach of Wichita State women's basketball is becoming a high school assistant in Derby.

Jody Adams-Birch confirmed Sunday night on social media that she is joining the Derby High School staff:

Jodie Karsak coaches the Derby ladies' team, which finished second in class 6-A this past season. Adams-Birch served as an instructor at the Derby High basketball camp this summer.
 




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