| Anthony Evans | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Norfolk State |
| Biographical details | |
| Place of birth | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Playing career | |
| 1990–1994 | St. Thomas Aquinas |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999–2001 2001–2003 2003–2007 2007–present |
Ulster County CC SUNY–Delhi Norfolk State (asst.) Norfolk State |
Anthony Evans is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Norfolk State University.Anthony Evans is in his third year as head men's basketball coach at Norfolk State University. The 2009-10 season will be Evans' seventh year on the Spartans' coaching staff.
Evans has directed NSU to the best two-year stretch in the school's Division I history (since 1997-98). In 2007–08, Evans' first at the helm of the program, Evans guided the Spartans to just their second Division I winning season. The Spartans compiled a 16–15 overall record and finished 11–5 in MEAC play, their most successful regular-season finish since joining the league. NSU also tied for second in the regular-season standings, another high-water mark for the program. NSU advanced to the MEAC Tournament semifinals for the third time in the program's history before losing to eventual champion Coppin State. Evans capped his inaugural season by being named MEAC Co-Coach of the Year by CollegeInsider.com.
In 2008–09, NSU shook off a slow start to reach the cusp of its first-ever MEAC title. The Spartans rode an up-tempo offense and pressure defense to their first MEAC Tournament championship game appearance. Despite falling to Morgan State in the tournament final, the Spartans served notice that they deserve to be mentioned among the conference's elite.
Evans served as an assistant at NSU for four seasons before taking over the helm of the program. In that capacity, his duties included developing the backcourt players, scouting opponents and recruiting. Evans was instrumental in the recruitment of several of NSU's top players. Included among them was a pair of 1,000-point scorers and All-MEAC players, guards Tony Murphy and Corey Lyons. Murphy became the school's first three-time All-MEAC player and departed as the program's no. 7 all-time leading scorer.
Evans, a native of Brooklyn, New York, was formerly the head coach at Delhi Tech in Delhi, N.Y., from 2001 to 2003. His teams went 62–8, including two Region III titles and appearances in the National Junior College Association Division III tournament. He was District I Coach of the Year twice, and Region III Coach of the Year in 2002. His teams at Delhi garnered a no. 1 ranking at one point during both of his years there.
He coached a first-team All-American in 2002–03, and an honorable-mention All-American in 2001–02. Three of his former Delhi players played at Division I schools.
Evans also coached at Ulster County Community College in Kingston, New York, for two seasons before his stint at Delhi. At Ulster, Evans' team went 23–8 and was the Region XV runner-up in 2001, when he was named the region's Coach of the Year.
Evans earned his bachelor's degree in marketing from St. Thomas Aquinas in 1994. He played guard for Aquinas, also known as the Spartans.[1]
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