Keitha Adams is returning home to coach Wichita State’s women’s basketball.
Adams, coach the past 16 seasons at Texas-El Paso, is working out final details on a contract, according to an athletic department source Wednesday evening.
Adams is from Oxford, where the school retired her jersey in 1986. She attended Southwestern College and coached five seasons at Independence Community College before moving to UTEP.
UTEP went 8-23 in 2016-17 after losing four starters from the 2016 team that went 29-5 and won the Conference USA title.
She is 284-209 in 16 seasons at UTEP with NCAA Tournament appearances in 2008 and 2012 and WNIT appearances in 2014 and 2016.