John Hobbs Adams (November 2, 1902 – September 24, 2002) was an American college football player and coach.
[2] He served two tenures as football coach for the Kansas State Wildcats (separated by his service in World War II) and also coached high school football in San Diego.
[2] Adams grew up in San Diego and attended San Diego High School, where he starred in football, baseball, basketball and track, before graduating in 1922.
[3] While playing on the USC football team in 1924, he was a key player[4] that helped the team defeat Syracuse by score of 16–0,[5] where future Kansas State head coach Pappy Waldorf was playing (Adams would later hold the head coaching position at Kansas State).
[7] Adams was the 18th head football coach for the Kansas State Wildcats in Manhattan, Kansas and he held that position for three seasons: 1940, 1941, and then again in 1946 (Ward Haylett and Lud Fiser were head coaches from 1942 through 1945).