Anthony Evans (basketball)
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | FIU |
| Conference | Conference USA |
| Record | 51–76 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
March 25, 1970 Brooklyn, New York |
| Playing career | |
| 1990–1994 | St. Thomas Aquinas |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999–2001 | Ulster County CC |
| 2001–2003 | SUNY Delhi CC |
| 2003–2007 | Norfolk State (asst.) |
| 2007–2013 | Norfolk State |
| 2013–present | FIU |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 150–170 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
|
MEAC Tournament championship (2012) MEAC regular season championship (2013) |
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Anthony Lemont Evans (born March 25, 1970) is an American college basketball coach and the head men's basketball coach at Florida International. He used to be the head coach at Norfolk State University.
Evans graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas College in 1994, where he had played guard for the men's basketball team.
Evans played out his prep career at Bishop Loughlin High School, before matriculating to St. Thomas Aquinas College. He served as a guard on the Spartans basketball team from 1990-1994, while earning his bachelor's degree in marketing.
Anthony Evans began his coaching career at Ulster County CC, in Kingston, NY. In the 2001 season, Evans led his squad to a 23-8 record and a runner up finish in region XV and was named Region coach of the year.
From 2001-2003, Evans coached State University of New York at Delhi to a 62-8 record, 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.
In 2003, Evans joined the coaching staff at Norfolk State as an assistant coach. His responsibilities included developing guards, 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.
Murphy and Lyons are just two of the players who have earned conference accolades during Evans’ tenure at NSU. Murphy and fellow guard Michael Deloach were both two-time All-MEAC members during their careers. O’Quinn earned three all-conference designations during his career and also earned NABC All-District honors in 2010-11. Also in 2011-12, senior Chris McEachin was voted to the All-MEAC second team.
After four seasons as an assistant, Evans took over the head coaching job at Norfolk State.
In 2007–08, his 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, at the time 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 before losing to eventual champion Coppin State. Evans capped his inaugural season by being named MEAC Co-Coach of the Year by CollegeInsider.com
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