Arizona State women's basketball fires Natasha Adair after 3 seasons: Sources
Arizona State has fired Natasha Adair after three seasons with the Sun Devils, a source with knowledge of the move told The Athletic on Saturday.
The Sun Devils missed the postseason in each season under Adair, finishing in last and second-to-last in the Pac-12 during the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons. This past year, after the program had moved into the Big 12, ASU went 3-15, finishing second-to-last and losing to Iowa State in the Big 12 Tournament.
The Arizona State job is the second to open in the Big 12 (behind Houston, which fired Ronald Hughey last week) and the fourth power conference job to open. Both Mizzou and Auburn parted ways with their head coaches last week.
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