Tiny Adams with a student. Photo courtesy of Tiny Adams
Decisions. They don’t come easy in life — or in the world of sports.
Fourth-and-one on the opponents five — field goal or go for it? Decision.
Star player has four fouls with eight minutes left in the game and you’re trailing by 12. Play him or sit him? Decision.
Pinch-hit for your pitcher who is throwing a three-hitter — but you’re trailing by a run in the seventh with two men on and one out. Another decision.
Corin “Tiny” Adams had a decision to make, and perhaps it was the toughest in her young life.
She decided to walk away from her love — basketball.
Tiny was a basketball star at James Madison High School, where she averaged 21 points, five rebounds and four assists for the Golden Knights as a senior.
Her jersey remains retired at Madison, where she was named to the all-Brooklyn team following both her junior and senior seasons.
At Morgan State, she was a star, and she still holds the record for career points. Just three short years ago, Adams was hired as an assistant coach for the men’s — that’s right, men’s — basketball team at Loyola University in Baltimore, Maryland.
But basketball is a thing of the past these days for Tiny Adams. And that was a real tough decision.
“I saw that students needed support beyond athletics,” she told the Brooklyn Eagle. So, she started a nonprofit that provides tutoring, life skills and mentorship.
“I actually started the Leader Breeder program before I even started my career at Loyola,” she said. “I thought about it for a few months, but I kept thinking of family, and wanting to help the youth of Baltimore. Yes, it was a real tough decision.”
But a good one.
“Coaching,” she admits, “was an amazing experience. But I could only help 18 guys on a team. Now I’m helping over 250 kids.”
She says since May, her work has been based out of a community center, but she quickly adds, “We’re hoping to open our own space…
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