Adrian Michael Wiggins (born October 15, 1973) is an American basketball coach who is currently head boys' basketball coach at

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. Prior to that, he was the head women's basketball coach at

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Early life and education

Born and raised in

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, Wiggins graduated from MacArthur High School in 1991. At MacArthur, Wiggins was an all-state pitcher on the baseball team in addition to playing basketball.

Coaching career

YMCA and Lawton High

From 1992 to 1996, Wiggins helped organize a

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league at the Lawton

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, in addition to being a camp counselor. In 1996, he was a boys' varsity basketball assistant coach at

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, then was promoted to head coach a year later and stayed for two years.

Cameron

In 1999, Wiggins returned to Cameron to be a women's basketball assistant coach, before being promoted to head coach on May 31, 2000. In the 2001–02 season, he led Cameron to a 25–5 record, the

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North Division title, and first-ever NCAA Division II Tournament appearance.

Fresno State

Wiggins moved up to the Division I level in 2002 as an assistant coach at

, first under Britt King in 2002–03 and Stacy Johnson-Klein in the next season. On February 9, 2005, Wiggins became interim head coach while Johnson-Klein was suspended and subsequently fired. Wiggins had a 7–4 record in his time as interim head coach at the end of the 2004–05 season, including an appearance in the WNIT.NCAA Career Statistics
database search for Adrian Wiggins under Coaches Wiggins continued to be interim head coach during the 2005–06 season as Fresno State conducted a national search for a long-term head coach. After completing a historically best 24–8 season and second straight WNIT appearance, Wiggins was promoted to the head coaching position long term on April 7, 2006. In the subsequent seasons, Wiggins led the team to six straight winning seasons, including five straight NCAA Tournament appearances from 2008 to 2012.

Ole Miss

On March 26, 2012, Wiggins was hired at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss). However, on October 20, prior to the season, the university placed Wiggins on administrative leave and fired two of his assistant coaches due to NCAA violations, namely improper academic and recruiting conduct. Two days later, Mississippi fired Wiggins.

Clovis East High

In January 2013, Wiggins was hired at Clovis East High as boys' varsity basketball head coach, effective in the following school year. In three seasons, Wiggins has gone 53–33 at Clovis East.

Head coaching record

*Wiggins took over as interim head coach on February 9, 2005, after the suspension of Stacy Johnson-Klein. Their cumulative record for the season was 20–11 (10–8 WAC).

References

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