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Adrian "Ace" Custis (born May 24, 1974) is an American basketball coach and former professional basketball player. He last played in Japan with the Wakayama Trians and is now an NCAA Division I coach.[1] After a severe knee injury while trying out for the Dallas Mavericks, Ace became known as one of the best power forwards throughout Asia playing in such countries as Lebanon, Japan, Qatar, Indonesia, Syria and the Philippines. Ace made a further name for himself in prestigious clubs such as Al Riyadi where he won a championship. Ace graduated from Virginia Tech and won the 1995 NIT championship. In 1997, Ace was an NCAA All-American.[2] In 2007, Ace was inducted into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame; his #20 jersey was retired and hangs alongside the NBA shooting great Dell Curry. Techhoops, a basketball publication, named Ace Custis one of the 10 greatest players ever in Virginia Tech history.[3]

Ace Custis

Adrian Custis, 2009
Virginia Tech Hokies
Position	Special Assistant to the Head Coach
League	Atlantic Coast Conference
Personal information
Born	(1974-05-24) May 24, 1974 (age 48) Eastville, Virginia
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Northampton (Eastville, Virginia)
College	Virginia Tech (1993–1997)
NBA draft	1997 / Undrafted
Playing career	1997–2012
Position	Forward
Coaching career	2013–present
Career history
As player:
1999–2000	Grand Rapids Hoops
2005	San Miguel Beermen
As coach:
2013–2014	Virginia State (assistant)
2014–2019	Maryland Eastern Shore (assistant)
2019–present	Virginia Tech (staff)
Career highlights and awards
PBA champion (2005 Fiesta) 2× First-team All-Atlantic 10 (1996, 1997) First-team All-Metro Conference (1995) No. 20 retired by Virginia Tech Hokies

Custis was an assistant coach with the Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks men's basketball team from 2014 to 2019. He is a native of Eastville, Virginia and resides in Fruitland, Maryland.[4]

In 2019 he was hired as the coordinator of basketball relations at Virginia Tech. In 2020 he was promoted to special assistant to the head coach.[5]

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