Paul Evans (basketball)

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Paul Evans
Biographical details
Born (1945-01-31) January 31, 1945 (age 79)
Playing career
Football
c. 1965 Ithaca
Basketball
c. 1965 Ithaca
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Basketball
1973–1980 St. Lawrence
1980–1986 Navy
1986–1994 Pittsburgh
Head coaching record
Overall390–208
Tournaments7–7 (NCAA Division I)
1–1 (NIT)
0–1 (NCAA Division II)
3–4 (NCAA Division III)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
6 ICAC regular season (1974, 1975, 1977–1980)
2 ECAC South / CAA regular season (1985, 1986)
2 ECAC South / CAA tournament (1986, 1986)
2 Big East regular season (1987, 1988)

Paul C. Evans (born January 31, 1945) is a former American head coach of men's college basketball.

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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.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
St. Lawrence Saints (Independent College Athletic Conference)(1973–1980)
1973–74St. Lawrence 17–61st NCAA Division II first round
1974–75St. Lawrence 20–61st NCAA Division III Regional Runner-up
1975–76St. Lawrence 13–10
1976–77St. Lawrence 15–101st
1977–78St. Lawrence 19–61st NCAA Division III Regional Runner-up
1978–79St. Lawrence 18–71st NCAA Division III Regional Runner-up
1979–80St. Lawrence 22–51st NCAA Division III first round
St. Lawrence:124–50
Navy Midshipmen (NCAA Division I independent)(1980–1981)
1980–81 Navy 9–16
Navy Midshipmen (ECAC South / Colonial Athletic Association)(1981–1985)
1981–82 Navy 12–142–45th
1982–83 Navy 18–113–33rd
1983–84 Navy 24–86–42nd
1984–85 Navy 26–611–31st NCAA Division I second round
1985–86 Navy 30–513–11st NCAA Division I Elite Eight
Navy:119–6035–15
Pittsburgh Panthers (Big East Conference)(1986–1994)
1986–87 Pittsburgh 25–812–4T–1st NCAA Division I second round
1987–88 Pittsburgh 24–712–41st NCAA Division I second round
1988–89 Pittsburgh 17–139–74th NCAA Division I first round
1989–90 Pittsburgh 12–175–118th
1990–91 Pittsburgh 21–129–7T–3rd NCAA Division I second round
1991–92 Pittsburgh 18–169–97th NIT second round
1992–93 Pittsburgh 17–119–96th NCAA Division I first round
1993–94 Pittsburgh 13–147–118th
Pittsburgh:147–9872–62
Total:390–208

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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