 Forde with the Perth Wildcats in 2017 | |
| Cairns Taipans | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | NBL |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 11 January 1982 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2003–2003 |
| Coaching career | 2010–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 2003 | Norths Bears |
| As coach: | |
| 2010 | Rockingham Flames |
| 2011 | East Perth Eagles (assistant) |
| 2011–2012 | West Coast Waves (assistant) |
| 2012–2015 | East Perth Eagles |
| 2013–2019 | Perth Wildcats (assistant) |
| 2019 | East Perth Eagles |
| 2019–2020 | Sydney Kings (assistant) |
| 2020–2021 | Sydney Kings |
| 2021 | Hawke's Bay Hawks |
| 2021–present | Cairns Taipans |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Adam Forde (born 11 January 1982) is an Australian professional basketball coach who is the head coach of the Cairns Taipans of the National Basketball League (NBL). Between 2013 and 2019, Forde was an assistant coach with the Perth Wildcats and won four NBL championships. After a season as an assistant coach with the Sydney Kings in 2019–20, he served as their head coach during the 2020–21 season. He was appointed head coach of the Taipans in 2021, and in 2023 he was named the NBL Coach of the Year.
Forde has also coached in the State Basketball League (SBL), most notably guiding the East Perth Eagles men's team to their maiden championship in 2014. He also spent a season as a West Coast Waves assistant in the WNBL and briefly coached the Hawke's Bay Hawks of the New Zealand NBL in 2021.