Adam Decker enters his eighth season as the head coach of the Richmond Spiders men's golf team in 2012-13. 

During his successful tenure at the helm of the program, Decker has guided the Spiders to one NCAA Regional appearance and earned Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year honors in 2010.  In his time leading the Richmond program, Decker has seen his players earn four All-Region, four Academic All Atlantic 10, and an astounding 12 All-Atlantic 10 honors.

The 2011-12 season was a solid one for Decker and his Richmond squad.  The Spiders placed fourth at the 2012 Atlantic 10 Championships, with Brad Miller and Nick Austin leading the way, earning spots on the All-Conference team.  Senior Nick Austin advanced to the sectional qualifying round of the U.S. Open held in Rockville, MD in June.

The Spiders wrapped up the 2010-11 season with a third-place finish at the A-10 Championships.  Sam Beach earned All-Conference honors for the second consecutive year and sophomore Nick Austin was honored for the first time.  The Virginia State Golf Coaches Association (VSGCA) named Beach and fellow senior Michael Shrader Second Team All-State.  Shrader and junior Brad Miller were named to the 2011 Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars team.

2009-10 was an exciting year for the Spiders.  Richmond won the Frank Landrey Invitational in Charlottesville, Va., and came second at the Turning Stone Missouri Tiger Intercollegiate and the Big 5 Invitational, which they won back in 2005.  They finished second at the 2010 Atlantic 10 Championships, their best finish in the nine years that Richmond has been part of the A-10.  Freshman Daniel Walker was named A-10 Rookie of the Year after his third-place finish, the first Spider to win such honors.  He, along with senior Robert Lindstrom and junior Sam Beach, was named to the All-Conference team following their performances at A-10s.  Lindstrom was also named to the Academic All-Conference team and the GCCA All-Academic team, along with junior Michael Shrader, and Decker earned Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year honors.

At the 2009 Atlantic 10 Championships, the Spiders finished third overall.  During the 2008-09 season, freshman Brad Miller was named both Atlantic 10 Player and Rookie of the Week in October, sophomore Michael Shrader was named A-10 Player of the Week in March and rising senior Robert Lindstrom was named to the Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars team. 

Decker had a very successful collegiate golf career, capped by earning All-America honors and being named Mid-Atlantic Region Player of the Year as a senior in 1997. He led the Nittany Lions to the 1996 NCAA East Regional where he finished as the runner-up. Decker also earned All-Mid Atlantic Region honors as both a sophomore and senior. Decker is currently ranked sixth on Penn State's all-time career-list for stroke average at 74.90.

After graduating from Penn State, Decker played six years of professional golf, including PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour events. He competed on the Mid-Atlantic Tour before successfully qualifying for the PGA Tour's 1998 Kemper Open. He also played in the 2000 Florida Classic, 2001 Hershey Open and the 2001 Greater Cleveland Open.

In 1999, Decker married Erin Suvak, who also played golf at Penn State. The couple traveled the East Coast playing various mini-tours and from 1999 through 2001, Decker won four times on three different tours. He also advanced to the second stage of PGA tour qualifying several times. Before returning to State College for the 2004-05 season as the assistant coach, the couple spent the previous two years on the New England Pro Tour. They decided to settle down when their baby, Kelly Rose, joined the family in August of 2004.

The Long Island, N.Y. native came to Richmond after spending one year as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Penn State, where he helped lead the Nittany Lions to the 2005 NCAA East Regional.

While coaching at Penn State under his former mentor, Greg Nye, Decker was responsible for player development, recruiting and the Nittany Lions' annual home event, the Rutherford Intercollegiate.  Decker spent two years as an assistant golf professional at Caves Valley Golf Course in Baltimore, Md., where he completed his requirements for PGA Membership.

Decker resides in Richmond with his wife, Erin, and his daughter, Kelly Rose.