Danesha Adams has served as the co-head coach along with J.J. Wozniak for the Pacific program for three seasons following a season as an assistant coach on the Tiger staff.

The duo was named interim co-head coaches on July 28, 2021 and guided the Tigers to their best record in 12 years at 10-6-3. The team got off to a hot start, recording an 8-1-1 non-conference record, including winning the last six non-league games. The squad recorded nine shutouts on the season and junior Brenna Crump was named WCC Goalkeeper of the Year. Pacific finished 2-5-2 in the tough WCC in that season. Adams and Wozniak so impressed the conference coaches that they were named WCC Coaches of the Year following the season.

Adams and Wozniak were named to the full-time post as co-head coaches on November 9, 2021. In the 2022 campaign, the Tigers had an even more impressive non-conference campaign, finishing with a 5-0-6 mark, including a 2-0 win over Santa Clara in a non-league match at Knoles Field. Over the first two seasons, the Tigers had a non-conference record of 13-1-7 and a streak of 17 matches without a loss. Pacific finished with two WCC wins and four ties for 10 points, an improvement from the eight points earned the previous year. 

Adams joined the Pacific staff as an assistant coach in March 2020 and helped guide the team for the 2020 season, which was played in the spring of 2021.  

Adams was an assistant at Houston for the 2017 and 2018 seasons, sparking major improvements on the offensive side of the ball with 29 goals scored in both the 2017 and 2018 seasons. Following the 2017 season, two forwards earned All-AAC honors. As a recruiting coordinator, Adams created strong relationships both domestically and internationally. Adams went to Houston after coaching the 2016 season at Villanova, where under her tutelage, three student-athletes were named to the Big East All-Freshman Team. 

Adams enjoyed a stellar collegiate career, leading UCLA to four NCAA College Cups. She was a three-time Pac-10 Conference First Team selection, two-time Hermann Trophy semifinalist and was a finalist for the Pac-10 Player of the Year. Adams also represented the US with the U-20 and U-23 Women's National Teams while in college, earning her first cap with the Women's National Team in 2006.

Following a successful collegiate career at UCLA, Adams was selected as the sixth pick in the 2008 Women's Professional Soccer Supplemental Draft and played professionally from 2009-2010 with the Chicago Red Stars before joining the Philadelphia Independence from 2010-2012. Internationally, she played in Sweden and Turkey before joining Sky Blue FC of the NWSL from 2013-14.

In 2014-15, Adams joined the NWSL's Washington Spirit and spent time on loan with Apollon Ladies in Cyprus. Following a season with Medkila IL Harstad in Norway in 2015, Adams retired from professional soccer and transitioned into the coaching profession.

Adams earned a bachelors in sociology from UCLA.

COACHING HISTORY

Year

School

Position

Record

WCC

Postseason

2022

Pacific

Co-Head Coach

7-3-10

2-3-4

2021

Pacific

Interim Co-Head Coach

10-6-3

2-5-2

2020

Pacific

Assistant Coach

1-8-3

1-6-2