Paul Evans (basketball)

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Paul Evans is a former American head coach of men's college basketball.

Paul Evans was noted for running a "power offense" with emphasis on distributing the ball through centers and power forwards. His tenures at Navy and Pittsburgh was notable for the development of quality big men such as David Robinson, Charles Smith, Jerome Lane, Brian Shorter, Bobby Martin, Darren Morningstar, and Eric Mobley. He coached at Division III St. Lawrence University for seven season guiding them to six ICAC Conference Championships and five NCAA Division III post-season appearances, including two regional finals. He went on to coach at Navy for six seasons and an overall 199-60 (.665) record which included a cinderella appearance in the 1986 Elite Eight led by star center Robinson. After taking over at Pitt starting in the 1986-87 season, he guided the Panthers to regular season Big East Conference titles in 1987 and 1988, several top 10 rankings in the polls (including as high as #2), and saw the team advance to five NCAA tournaments and one NIT. John Calipari was an assistant under Evans at Pitt prior to him obtaining the head coaching position at UMass. Evans' win-loss record at the University of Pittsburgh was 147-98 (.600) over eight seasons. He was succeeded as head coach at Pitt by Ralph Willard.

Notable achievements:

1985 ECAC South Conference Regular-Season and Tournament Title (Navy)
1986 Colonial Athletic Association Regular-Season and Tournament Title (Navy)
Two NCAA Tournament appearances for Navy (1985, 1986)
1986 Elite Eight (Navy)
1987 Big East Conference regular season co-champions (Pittsburgh)
1988 Big East Conference regular season champions (Pittsburgh)
Five NCAA Tournament appearances for Pittsburgh (1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993)
One NIT appearance (Pittsburgh) (1992)

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
St. Lawrence (ICAC) (1973–1980)
1973–1974	St. Lawrence	17-6		1st	NCAA Division III Playoffs
1974-1975	St. Lawrence	20-6		1st	NCAA Division III Playoffs
1975–1976	St. Lawrence	13-10
1976-1977	St. Lawrence	17-10		1st
1977-1978	St. Lawrence	19-6		1st	NCAA Division III Regional Final
1978-1979	St. Lawrence	18-7		1st	NCAA Division III Regional Final
1979-1980	St. Lawrence	22-5		1st	NCAA Division III Playoffs
St. Lawrence:		126-50 (.716)
Navy (1980-81 Independent, 1981-85 ECAC South, 1985-86 CAA) (1980–1986)
1980–1981	Navy	9-16		Ind.
1981-1982	Navy	12-14	2-4	5th ECAC South
1982-1983	Navy	18-11	3-3	3rd ECAC South
1983-1984	Navy	24-8	6-4	2nd ECAC South
1984-1985	Navy	26-6	11-3	1st ECAC South	NCAA Second Round
1985-1986	Navy	30-5	13-1	1st CAA	NCAA Elite Eight
Navy:		119-60 (.665)	35-15 (.700)
Pittsburgh (Big East Conference) (1986–1994)
1986-1987	Pittsburgh	25-8	12-4	T-1st	NCAA Second Round
1987-1988	Pittsburgh	24-7	12-4	1st	NCAA Second Round
1988-1989	Pittsburgh	17-13	9-7	4th	NCAA First Round
1989-1990	Pittsburgh	12-17	5-11	8th
1990-1991	Pittsburgh	21-12	9-7	T-3rd	NCAA Second Round
1991-1992	Pittsburgh	18-16	9-9	7th	NIT Second Round
1992-1993	Pittsburgh	17-11	9-9	6th	NCAA First Round
1993-1994	Pittsburgh	13-14	7-11	8th
Pittsburgh:		147-98 (.600)	72-62 (.537)
Total:		392-208 (.653)
National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Conference division champion

References

Sciullo, Sam, Jr. (2005). Pitt: 100 Years of Pitt Basketball. Champaign: Sports Publishing. ISBN 978-1-59670-081-9.
Navy Basketball Media Guide
1992-93 University of Pittsburgh Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Pittsburgh. 1992. p. 9. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
2009-10 University of Pittsburgh Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Pittsburgh. 1992. Retrieved 2009-01-15.

Navy Midshipmen men's basketball head coaches

J. Finneman (1907–1908)
Billy Lush (1908–1910)
Bernard Willis (1910–1911)
George F. Jacobs (1911–1912)
Louis Wenzell (1912–1913)
Laurence Wild (1913–1914)
Albert Cohan (1914–1915)
James E. Colliflower (1915–1918)
Billy Lush (1918–1922)
James Allen (1922–1925)
Herb Underwood (1925–1926)
John Wilson (1926–1946)
Ben Carnevale (1946–1966)
Dave Smalley (1966–1976)
Bob Hamilton (1976–1980)
Paul Evans (1980–1986)
Pete Herrmann (1986–1992)
Don DeVoe (1992–2004)
Billy Lange (2004–2011)
Ed DeChellis (2011– )

Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball head coaches

Benjamin Prinz (1905–1907)
Harry Hough (1907–1908)
No team (1908–1910)
Wohlparth Wegner (1910–1911)
George Flint (1911–1921)
Andrew Kerr (1921–1922)
Clifford Carlson (1922–1953)
Bob Timmons (1953–1968)
Charles Ridl (1968–1975)
Tim Grgurich (1975–1980)
Roy Chipman (1980–1986)
Paul Evans (1986–1994)
Ralph Willard (1994–1999)
Ben Howland (1999–2003)
Jamie Dixon (2003– )

Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Coach of the Year

1983: Parkhill
1984: Harrington & Tarrant
1985: Evans
1986: Tarrant
1987: Thurston
1988: Tapscott & Barnes
1989: Tarrant
1990: Driesell
1991: Tarrant
1992: Driesell
1993: Purnell
1994: Dooley
1995: Capel II
1996: Smith
1997: Wainwright
1998: Woollum
1999: Larrañaga
2000: Dillard
2001: Wainwright
2002: Flint
2003: Brownell
2004: Flint
2005: Taylor
2006: Brownell
2007: Grant
2008: Shaver
2009: Flint
2010: Shaver
2011: Larrañaga
2012: Flint
2013: Skerry

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