Paul Evans (basketball)

For other people with this name, see Paul Evans (disambiguation).

Paul Evans is a former American head coach of men's college basketball.

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.

Notable achievements:

• 1985 ECAC South Conference Regular-Season and Tournament Title (Navy)
• 1986 Colonial Athletic Association Regular-Season and Tournament Title (Navy)
• Two NCAA Tournament appearances for Navy (1985, 1986)
• 1986 Elite Eight (Navy)
• 1987 Big East Conference regular season co-champions (Pittsburgh)
• 1988 Big East Conference regular season champions (Pittsburgh)
• Five NCAA Tournament appearances for Pittsburgh (1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993)
• One NIT appearance (Pittsburgh) (1992)

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
St. Lawrence (ICAC) (1973–1980)
1973–74	St. Lawrence	17–6		1st	NCAA Division III Playoffs
1974–75	St. Lawrence	20–6		1st	NCAA Division III Playoffs
1975–76	St. Lawrence	13–10
1976–77	St. Lawrence	17–10		1st
1977–78	St. Lawrence	19–6		1st	NCAA Division III Regional Final
1978–79	St. Lawrence	18–7		1st	NCAA Division III Regional Final
1979–80	St. Lawrence	22–5		1st	NCAA Division III Playoffs
St. Lawrence:		126–50 (.716)
Navy (1980–81 Independent, 1981–85 ECAC South, 1985–86 CAA) (1980–1986)
1980–81	Navy	9–16		Ind.
1981–82	Navy	12–14	2–4	5th ECAC South
1982–83	Navy	18–11	3–3	3rd ECAC South
1983–84	Navy	24–8	6–4	2nd ECAC South
1984–85	Navy	26–6	11–3	1st ECAC South	NCAA Second Round
1985–86	Navy	30–5	13–1	1st CAA	NCAA Elite Eight
Navy:		119–60 (.665)	35–15 (.700)
Pittsburgh (Big East Conference) (1986–1994)
1986–87	Pittsburgh	25–8	12–4	T-1st	NCAA Second Round
1987–88	Pittsburgh	24–7	12–4	1st	NCAA Second Round
1988–89	Pittsburgh	17–13	9–7	4th	NCAA First Round
1989–90	Pittsburgh	12–17	5–11	8th
1990–91	Pittsburgh	21–12	9–7	T-3rd	NCAA Second Round
1991–92	Pittsburgh	18–16	9–9	7th	NIT Second Round
1992–93	Pittsburgh	17–11	9–9	6th	NCAA First Round
1993–94	Pittsburgh	13–14	7–11	8th
Pittsburgh:		147–98 (.600)	72–62 (.537)
Total:		392–208 (.653)
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

References

• Navy Basketball Media Guide