Todd Adrian was named the sixth head men’s basketball coach at Edgewood College in August 2006. In three seasons, Adrian is 56-48 overall with an impressive 47-23 record in the Northern Athletics Conference.
A season ago, the Eagles had a chance to defend their Northern Athletics Confernece North Division title. However, the Eagles finished in second place by one game with a 9-7 conference record after dropping their final game by two points to division champion Concordia Wisconsin. Adrain had two players that earned All-NAC honors, one was named to the second team and the other garnered all-freshman team honors.
The Eagles claimed their first title under Adrian, winning the NAC North Division title with an 11-5 record in 2008-09. Edgewood College was the No. 2 seed for the Northern Athletics Conference Tournament. His 2008-09 squad averaged nearly 80 points a game on offense and won 10 of 12 games from January 3 to February 12.
In 2007-08, Adrian led the Eagles to a 13-13 overall and 10-8 conference record, good for sixth place in the Northern Athletics Conference. Edgewood College qualified for the conference tournament, but fell to Marian in the first round. Two of Adrian's athletes were named to the All-NAC second team, one player earning his fourth career All-NAC selection.
In his first season as the Eagles' coach, Adrian led the team to a 18-8 finish on the year including a 15-3 conference record. Edgewood College was 10-2 at home in his first season including an undefeated home record (9-0) in conference play at the Todd Wehr Edgedome. Season highlights include a second place finish in the Northern Athletics Conference and a run at the NAC Conference Tournament that ended in a loss to Aurora University in the conference championship game. The Eagles also achieved a second place finish at the Cactus Jam Tournament in Phoenix, Ariz.
Two of Adrian's players from the 2006-07 team where selected to the All-NAC and D3Hoops.com All-Midwest teams. Adrian previously helped guide UW-Platteville to a 47-32 overall record over three years. The Pioneers finished the 2004-05 campaign as co-champions of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) and were ranked 21st nationally in NCAA Division III. During that stretch, UW-Platteville went 18-6 in home games, including 8-0 in 2004-05.
Previously, Adrian was the associate head coach under Paul Combs at Lakeland College, formerly of the Lake Michigan Conference and currently of the newly formed Northern Athletics Conference in which Edgewood College is also a member. The Muskies won 60 games in four seasons with Adrian as the top assistant and won back-to-back LMC championships in 2002 and 2003. Lakeland was consistently ranked nationally in several defensive categories during that span. In addition, the Muskies compiled a remarkable 23-1 home record in regular season conference games.
A 1995 graduate of the University of Kansas, Adrian is currently pursuing a Masters of Education from Lakeland College. Adrian is well-respected amongst his coaching peers and has coached camps at the University of Wisconsin, University of Kansas, and Marquette University. In addition to his coaching duties, Adrian has held such titles as Recruiting Coordinator and Director of Pioneer Basketball Camps at UW-Platteville and Assistant Director of Admissions at Lakeland College. Prior to his arrival to Wisconsin, Adrian was the head boys basketball coach at Tonganoxie High School in Kansas.
