Jessie Evans (basketball)

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Jessie Evans
Biographical details
Born (1950-10-24) October 24, 1950 (age 72)
Lebanon, Tennessee, U.S.
Playing career
1968–1972 Eastern Michigan
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1972–1973Flint Pros
1973–1976 Northwestern HS
1976–1981 Minnesota (asst.)
1982–1984 San Diego State (asst.)
1984–1986 Wyoming (asst.)
1986–1988 Texas (asst.)
1988–1997 Arizona (asst.)
1997–2004 Louisiana-Lafayette
2004–2007 San Francisco
2012–2014 Southeast Missouri State (asst.)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Sun Belt Tournament Championship (2000, 2004)
Sun Belt Regular Season Championship (2000, 2004)

Jessie Evans (born October 24, 1950) is the former head men's basketball coach at the University of San Francisco. He was replaced by Eddie Sutton on December 26, 2007. He previously held the same position at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. [1]

He was Lute Olson’s chief recruiter at Arizona. He recruited almost 20 future NBA players in his 10 years at Arizona, including most of the 1997 National Championship Team. Following winning the National Title at Arizona, Evans accepted the head coaching job at Louisiana Lafayette.He left ULL for the University of San Francisco head coaching job after the 2003-2004 season. In 2012, Evans was hired as an assistant men's basketball coach at Southeast Missouri State University, where he served for two seasons. Evans was a finalist for the Tennessee State head coaching job in Nashville. [2]

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References

  1. Jessie Evans Archived 2011-11-07 at the Wayback Machine . sports-reference.com
  2. . gosoutheast.com