Adam ZedonisTitle: Assistant Coach Experience: First Season Alma Mater: Saint Anselm, '99 Email:zedonisa@saclink.csus.edu Bio: Adam Zedonis begins his second season as an assistant coach with the Hornets in 2009-10. Zedonis heads up the team’s film exchange and is also in charge of advance game scouting.
Zedonis came to the Hornets prior to the 2008-09after working for the Golden State Warriors and the Sacramento Kings during the past six years. He had served as the Community Service Coordinator for Maloof Sports and Entertainment, the owners of the Kings, since November of 2004, after spending two years working in a similar capacity for the Warriors. Zedonis coordinated community outreach programs for the Monarchs and Kings, and handled the teams’ charitable contributions.
With the Warriors from 2002-03, Zedonis was the co-director of the team’s basketball camps, serving as both a public relations manager and as a camp coach. Prior to his experience as a camp coach, Zedonis spent a season as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Saint Anselm College, which is located in Manchester, New Hampshire. While there, Zedonis was the recruiting coordinator, and also handled the program’s marketing and alumni relation responsibilities. The Hawks reached the NCAA DIvision II Elite Eight during that season, losing to Metro State, who went on to the win the NCAA Championship.
Zedonis is no stranger to the basketball floor, having been a four-year letterwinner at Saint Anselm from 1995-99. During his career, Zedonis scored 1,091 points, grabbed 614 rebounds and blocked 65 shots for the Division II Hawks. He was a second team all-Northeast 10 conference selection during the 1996-97 season, while also being named second team all-Northeast Region by the Eastern College Athletic Conference. Zedonis led the Hawks in rebounding each of his final three seasons, and posted the third highest single-season blocked shot total in school history (26). He was also the co-captain of the 1998-99 Hawk team that appeared in the NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Tournament.
He currently resides in Sacramento with his wife Katherine, who is Sacramento State’s Athletic Compliance and Financial Services Director.