Coach Adams and Coach King Honored

The Texas Association of Basketball Coaches has selected St. Stephen’s Episcopal School coaches Yvonne Adams and La-Mont King as Coaches of the Year for winning the SPC State Championships in Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball this year. This award is presented annually by the association to all coaches who are deemed the best in the state in their respective divisions.
 
Yvonne Adams has been on staff at St. Stephen's for 22 years. In addition to coaching the Girls’ Varsity Basketball team, Adams is director of diversity and a residential faculty member. She has coached Junior Varsity and Varsity Basketball from the beginning as an assistant coach and took the helm of the girls’ program in 2007. A 1987 graduate of S.F. Austin High School, Adams was an all-district performer in both basketball and volleyball, earning All-District and All-Centex honors in both sports. At Blinn College, Adams was first team All-Conference and All-Region for two years and capped off her sophomore season by earning All-American accolades. At Texas A&M University, Adams was the team’s leading scorer her senior year, an all-conference selection twice, honored as the conference's “Player of the Week” twice, and completed her career being named the Texas A&M Letterman’s Scholar Athlete of the Year.
 
La-Mont King started his playing career at Waterproof High School in Louisiana, where he was an All-State point guard in 1990 and 1991. He received a scholarship to attend Louisiana Tech University and was the starting point guard at Tech from 1992 to 1995. After coaching at Lanier High School, King joined St. Stephen's coaching staff in 2001. King led the St. Stephen's girls’ varsity program for six years before taking over the boys’ program. King also coaches football and track and is a full-time member of the physical education department.
 
St. Stephen's players also received recognition; senior Brittany Adams and junior Jarrett Allen were both named to the Large Private School All-State Team. They both also received All-Centex recognition, and Allen was named Player of the Year.
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