Mark Adams has been a men’s college basketball analyst for ESPN since 1999.

Adams brings coaching experience spanning across his 17-year career as a head coach to the network. Between his three head coaching jobs at Central Connecticut State University, Western Oregon University and Rocky Mountain College, the teams had a combined winning percentage of 34 percent (28-54) in the season before Adams took over. In his final season at each of the three universities, he led them to a combined 59-32 record, a 65 percent winning percentage, with two championships and Coach of the Year honors in 1989. He also held assistant coaching positions at Washington State University and Idaho State University, where he earned his master’s degree in athletic administration while coaching in 1980.

Adams was inducted into the Rocky Mountain College Hall of Fame as a coach in 2019.

The Ohio native graduated from University of Cincinnati in 1979 with a bachelor of science degree in physical education. He lives in Springboro, OH with his wife Judy who was also inducted into the University of Providence Hall of Fame in Great Falls, MT in 2024. They raised four sons and have two grandchildren.