SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Wofford College has announced that James Adams has joined the football coaching staff. Adams has spent the last two seasons on the football staff at Wake Forest University and will work with cornerbacks at Wofford.

“We are pleased to have James join our staff,” said head coach Mike Ayers. “He is a bright young coach who we feel will be a help not only on the defensive side of the ball but in recruiting as well. He brings a great deal of knowledge from a tremendous program at Wake Forest.”

Adams, a two-time letterman at Wake Forest, recently completed his second season on the Deacon football staff and his first as the graduate assistant for offense.

Adams, who played in 20 games at linebacker for head coach Jim Grobe, spent the 2008 season as the recruiting assistant under Ray McCartney.

Originally from Durham, N.C., Adams attended Northern Durham High School and didn’t start playing football until his sophomore year of high school. Adams was named to all-conference, all-area and all-region teams at Northern Durham.

A knee injury in the 2004 Clemson game forced Adams to miss the remainder of the season, but he bounced back in 2005 to see action in 10 games as a senior and recorded 10 tackles from the linebacker position.

He graduated from Wake Forest in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. James and his wife Tori were married in June, 2008.

The Terriers will begin spring practice on Monday, March 1.