Cleive Adams

Cleive Adams
Current position
Title	Athletic director
Team	Ferrum
Conference	ODAC
Biographical details
Born	c. 1968 (age 55–56); Radford, Virginia, U.S.
Playing career
1987–1989	Ferrum
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998	Ferrum (SA)
2002–2003	Ferrum (DL)
2004	Ferrum (DC)
2005–2006	Washington & Lee (ST/DL)
2007–2013	Ferrum (DC)
2014–2019	Averett
2020–2023	Ferrum
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2023–present	Ferrum
Head coaching record
Overall	42–52
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
	Ferrum Hall of Fame (2019)

Cleive Adams (born c. 1968) is an American athletic director and former college football coach. He is the athletic director for Ferrum College; a position he has held since 2023.^[1]^[2] He was the head football coach for Averett University from 2014 to 2019 and Ferrum College from 2020 to 2023.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] He also coached for Washington and Lee. He played college football for Ferrum and was inducted into the Ferrum Hall of Fame in 2019.^[7]

Head coaching record[edit]


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Averett Cougars (USA South Athletic Conference) (2014–2019)
2014	Averett	2–8	1–7	T–8th
2015	Averett	2–7	2–4	T–4th
2016	Averett	5–5	4–3	T–4th
2017	Averett	6–4	5–2	T–2nd
2018	Averett	8–2	6–1	2nd
2019	Averett	7–3	5–2	T–2nd
Averett:		30–29	23–19
Ferrum Panthers (Old Dominion Athletic Conference) (2020–2023)
2020–21	Ferrum	2–3	2–2	4th
2021	Ferrum	6–4	3–3	T–4th
2022	Ferrum	1–9	1–6	T–6th
2023	Ferrum	3–7	1–6	7th
Ferrum:		12–23	7–17
Total:		42–52

^ "Cleive Adams '02 - Director of Athletics - Staff Directory". Ferrum College. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
^ dryates (October 10, 2023). "Ferrum College Announces Cleive Adams '02 as New Athletic Director". Ferrum College. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
^ "Cleive Adams - Football Head Coach/Offensive Line Coach - Football Coaches". Averett University Athletics. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
^ Times, MARK BERMAN The Roanoke (October 9, 2023). "Cleive Adams stepping down as football coach to become Ferrum AD". Roanoke Times. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
^ Geary, Justin (October 9, 2023). "Ferrum football coach named new athletic director". wdbj7.com. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
^ Holden, Eric Johnson, Gary (October 9, 2023). "Cleive Adams promoted as Ferrum athletic director". WSLS. Retrieved January 13, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Coach Cleive Adams (2019) - Hall of Fame". Ferrum College. Retrieved January 13, 2024.

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