Alex Adams (October 21, 1934 – July 22, 2011)Legendary UA athlete, leader Alex Adams dies. Ohio. Retrieved on November 26, 2013. was a college basketball head coach. He coached the Akron Zips men's basketball team in 1975–76 to a 10–14 record. Adams was the first African-American to both play and coach basketball at the University of Akron.
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