Pitt Lacrosse Staff Finalized with Addition of Carley Adams
8/15/2023 10:13:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
PITTSBURGH – Carley Adams joined the Pitt lacrosse coaching staff in August 2023 as an assistant coach, as announced Tuesday morning by head coach Emily Boissonneault.
"Carley has an incredible energy and passion for the game," Boissonneault said. "She will work with both our offense and focus on player development to help elevate our program. She brings with her the unique experience of starting a program at Arizona State, so we are excited for her to share her perspective with our student-athletes as we enter our third year of play."
"I feel incredibly honored to join Pitt lacrosse," said Adams. "I am excited to compete at the highest level, surrounded by outstanding leadership. There is something special about helping to build a legacy and I believe this team of coaches, student-athletes, administrators, and staff is achieving exactly that. H2P!"
Adams heads to Pittsburgh after coaching one season at Temple University as an assistant coach. She worked with the offense and draw units as the Owls had more points, goals, assists, shots and draw controls than their opponents. Adams also helped with practice planning, scouting, game day operations and travel accommodations.
Prior to coaching, Adams was a student-athlete at Arizona State University for six years. She played in each of the 79 games during her time in Tempe and holds the school records for goals in a season and goals in a game. Adams recorded 195 career points with 140 goals and 55 assists. She led the team in points in 2022 and 2021. Adams earned multiple accolades during her playing career including US Lacrosse Magazine and Inside Lacrosse All-American Honorable Mention (2022), IWLCA First Team All-Region (2022 & 2021), US Lacrosse magazine National Player of the Week (2022), Pac-12 First Team (2022 & 2021). She was team captain from 2019-2022.
The Fort Lauderdale, Florida native received her bachelor's degree in Marketing and Professional Sales and her master's in Business Journalism.
Along with collegiate coaching experience, Adams served as a club coach for Vortex Elite in Phoenix, Arizona in 2021 and 2022 and with Lax Maniax in South Florida in 2022 and 2023.