Adam Fry was named Director of Football Operations in March 2021 by Head Coach Kyle Whittingham. Fry, who had served in a wide range of positions with the Utah Football program since 2013, had spent the previous three seasons on the coaching staff as a defensive graduate assistant, working with the safeties.
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Prior to his three seasons as a graduate assistant coach, Fry spent five years contributing in a variety of administrative positions with the football staff. He came to Utah in 2013 as an administrative assistant and served in an executive role in 2014-15. Fry transitioned to a new role as an in-house defensive administrative assistant with the linebackers for the 2016-17 seasons, and assisted with Utah's recruiting operations, including official visits and recruit travel, and was an assistant director for the Utah summer football camps.
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Fry coached the wide receivers at Placer High School in California from 2011-12 before coming to Utah.
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A native of Auburn, Calif., Fry competed collegiately in track and field at Chico State, where he was an All-California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) pole vaulter and team captain as a senior in 2011. He earned a bachelor's degree in kinesiology from Chico State in 2011 and received a master's in the same major from Utah in 2018. Fry is married to the former Ariel Miller.