James Frederick "Ace" Adams IV (April 10, 1928 – November 10, 2019) was an American lacrosse coach.
Adams attended St. Paul's School in Brooklandville, Maryland, where he was a four-year letterwinner on the varsity lacrosse team.
[2] He then went on to college at Johns Hopkins University, where he played lacrosse as a midfielder, football as an end and quarterback, and basketball as a forward.
[2] The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association named him an honorable mention All-American midfielder in 1948.
[11] In 1969, the Cadets again defeated Navy to clinch a share of the national co-championship in Adams' final game at Army.
[13] After his daughter graduated from high school in 1969, Adams wanted to work close to where she attended college.
"[3] g His initial years at Penn did result in Adams raising the level of recruiting as he had excellent contacts in both Baltimore and Long Island.
[3] While working at a lacrosse camp in New Jersey, a University of Virginia alumnus called Adams and asked why he had not applied for the school's vacant head coach position.