Anthony Evans
Anthony Evans (born March 25, 1970)
Current position: Director of player development
Current team: UMass Minutemen (Head coach: Frank Martin)
Current conference: Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10)
Teams coached: Norfolk State Spartans, FIU Panthers
Norfolk State record: 99-94 (.513)
FIU record: 65-94 (.409)
Overall record^: 164-188 (.466)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2012)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2013)
- MEAC Regular Season Champion: 1 (2013)
- MEAC Tournament Champion: 1 (2012)
Awards:
- MEAC Coach of the Year: 1 (2013)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2023-present | UMass (DPD) |
| 2019-2021 | Fordham (asst) |
| 2013-2018 | FIU |
| 2007-2013 | Norfolk State |
| 2003-2007 | Norfolk State (asst) |
| 2001-2003 | Delhi Tech |
| 1999-2001 | Ulster County CC |
Anthony Evans Facts
- Anthony Lemont Evans
- Born March 25, 1970
- Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
- Alma Mater: St. Thomas Aquinas College (BS, 1994)
- Graduated from Bishop Laughlin High School in 1990 and St. Thomas Aquinas College (in Sparkill, NY) in 1994
- First coaching jobs were stints as the head coach at Ulster County CC and Delhi Tech (now SUNY Delhi CC), both in NY
- Joined Dwight Freeman’s staff at Norfolk State in 2003 as an assistant coach
- Took over as head coach at NSU in 2007, leading the Spartans for six seasons
- Won the 2012 MEAC Tournament to earn an NCAA bid, then won the 2013 MEAC regular season title
- Hired in 2013 to be the next head coach at Florida International (FIU) in Miami, FL
- Fired in April 2018 after five seasons at FIU, all of which ended with losing records
- Joined Jeff Neubauer‘s staff at Fordham as an assistant in September 2019, working with the Rams for two seasons
- After working as a scout with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Evans was hired by Frank Martin in July 2023 to be the DPD at UMass
Anthony Evans Coaching Tree
- Gerald Gillion (Chicago State)
- Robert Jones (Norfolk State)
- Louis Rowe (James Madison)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only