Henderson State University Athletics

Adam Marso begins his second season as the assistant women's basketball coach at Henderson State in 2019-20. Marso came to Henderson in 2018 after a two-year stint as the Director of Basketball Operations for Arkansas State.

During his first year with the Reddies, Marso was part of the staff that helped lead Henderson State to 18 wins and the program's seventh appearance in the GAC Tournament.

In his two seasons at Arkansas State, Marso helped the Red Wolves improve their record by eight wins in 2017, which included a victory over the Florida Gators in a thrilling 70-69 road victory, just the six non-conference road against a high resource conference (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC) in program history. In his first season, the Red Wolves made a run the Sun Belt Conference Tournament quarterfinals that included a victory over Georgia Southern in the opening round. The team also finished as the league's top 3-point shooting team with a .339 percentage and also held the the league's third best 3-point field goal percentage defense number at .301.

His primary responsibility at A-State was to serve as the team's travel coordinator. He also handled all facility scheduling, arranged community service and promotion engagements for the staff and team, assisted in the team's social media efforts and coordinated the team's meals when on the road.

Before working for the Red Wolves, Marso spent two years at Minnesota, where he served in the role of assistant to head coach Marlene Stollings. In his two seasons with the Golden Gophers, the team amassed 43 victories and received berths to both the WNIT and NCAA Tournaments.

Prior to joining the women's basketball staff, Marso gained experience as a student intern for Gopher Sports Marketing, and spent a football season with Gopher Sports Properties assisting with sponsorship execution. He has also worked for the Iowa Cubs and served as a youth camp director.

Marso earned his Bachelor of Science degree in sport management from the University of Minnesota in 2014 and received a minor in management from the Carlson School of Management.