Paul Evans
Paul Evans (born January 31, 1945)
Teams coached: St. Lawrence Saints, Navy Midshipmen, Pittsburgh Panthers
St. Lawrence record: 124-50 (.713)
Navy record: 119-60 (.665)
Pittsburgh record: 147-98 (.600)
Overall record^: 390-208 (.652)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 7 (1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (1986)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0 (1992)
- Big East Regular Season Champion: 2 (1987, 1988)
- CAA Regular Season Champion: 2 (1985, 1986)
- CAA Tournament Champion: 2 (1985, 1986)
- NCAA Division III Tournament Appearances: 5 (1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980)
Awards:
- CAA Coach of the Year: 1 (1985)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1986-1994 | Pittsburgh |
| 1980-1986 | Navy |
| 1973-1980 | St. Lawrence |
Paul Evans Facts
- Paul C. Evans
- Born January 31, 1945
- Alma Mater: Ithaca College (BA, 1967)
- Played football and basketball at Division III Ithaca College in New York
- First head coaching job was a seven-year stint as the head coach at D-III St. Lawrence (NY)
- Went 124-50 during his tenure, appearing in the NCAA D-III Tournament five times
- Took over as the head coach at Navy in 1980, leading the Midshipmen for six seasons
- Noted for developing and coaching future Hall of Famer David Robinson at Navy, who led the team to the NCAA Tournament three years in a row (two under Evans and one under his successor Pete Herrmann)
- During his tenure, Evans was 119-60 overall and won back-to-back CAA titles and CAA Tournaments
- Spent the last eight seasons of his collegiate coaching career at Pittsburgh
- Won two Big East regular season titles in his first two seasons there and went 147-98 overall
- Led the Panthers to six postseason appearances during his tenure (six NCAA, one NIT)
Paul Evans Coaching Tree
- Orlando Antigua (South Florida)
- John Calipari (Arkansas, Kentucky, Memphis, New Jersey Nets, UMass)
- Joe DeSantis (Quinnipiac)
- Pete Herrmann (Young Harris, Georgia, Navy)
- David Laton (West Georgia)
- Sean Miller (Arizona, Xavier)
- Doug Wojcik (College of Charleston, Tulsa)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division III levels