After Adam Lynch graduated from college, a friend asked him to be the assistant for his basketball team. Willingly, he accepted and started his journey in coaching basketball.
“It appeared to be an accident, but it was God’s plan,” said Lynch, who takes over at Cedar Park Christian for Lamont Franklin, last year’s coach who led the Eagle boys to a 16-10 record and eighth-place finish at the 1A state tournament.
Basketball followed Lynch through high school, college and eventually into a part-time career.
Since he started coaching directly out of college, he has had 10 years of experience. He coached a junior-varsity baseball team and was the assistant coach for a varsity football team before coming to Cedar Park.
He loves the fast pace and nonstop action basketball brings to the court.
“I think it’s the same reason fans like watching basketball so much. A player can be on offense one minute and defense the next,” he said.
Starting coaching is easy, but continuing takes effort. Lynch loves the relationships with the guys. He wants them to achieve their potential and exceed what they think they can do.
“Basketball is a tool to help impact the player’s relationship with God,” he said.
The Cedar Park basketball team has high-quality players, Lynch says.
“Their character is outstanding collectively as a group. There are six seniors on the team, and every one is unbelievable. Their parents did a good job.”
Lynch believes all the boys on the team have a desire to be part of something that is bigger than themselves.
Over the years, Cedar Park basketball teams have had exceptional seasons. Lynch would like to continue that, while being competitive against other schools.
He says this year’s team will be “an exciting brand of basketball to watch. It will be an up-tempo game.”
Senior Josh Moore says of his coach, “One of the biggest things is probably how he pushes us so hard and believes in us so hard. He won’t let us cheat in drills; he makes us touch every line.”
Lynch lets on about their pregame tradition: “Before every game, the team huddles in reminder of who we play for. We all say ‘for Him,’ not to make a name for ourselves, but a name for Him.”
Lynch is thrilled to start this basketball season, and calls his team a “basketball family.”
