Paul Evans (basketball)
# Paul Evans (basketball)

Paul C. Evans (born January 31, 1945) 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.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :

| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| St. Lawrence Saints (Independent College Athletic Conference) (1973–1980) ||||||
| 1973–74 | St. Lawrence | 17–6 | | 1st | NCAA Division II first round |
| 1974–75 | St. Lawrence | 20–6 | | 1st | NCAA Division III Regional Runner-up |
| 1975–76 | St. Lawrence | 13–10 | | | |
| 1976–77 | St. Lawrence | 15–10 | | 1st | |
| 1977–78 | St. Lawrence | 19–6 | | 1st | NCAA Division III Regional Runner-up |
| 1978–79 | St. Lawrence | 18–7 | | 1st | NCAA Division III Regional Runner-up |
| 1979–80 | St. Lawrence | 22–5 | | 1st | NCAA Division III first round |
| St. Lawrence: | 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 | 12–14 | 2–4 | 5th | |
| 1982–83 | Navy | 18–11 | 3–3 | 3rd | |
| 1983–84 | Navy | 24–8 | 6–4 | 2nd | |
| 1984–85 | Navy | 26–6 | 11–3 | 1st | NCAA Division I second round |
| 1985–86 | Navy | 30–5 | 13–1 | 1st | NCAA Division I Elite Eight |
| Navy: | Navy: | 119–60 | 35–15 | | |
| Pittsburgh Panthers (Big East Conference) (1986–1994) ||||||
| 1986–87 | Pittsburgh | 25–8 | 12–4 | T–1st | NCAA Division I second round |
| 1987–88 | Pittsburgh | 24–7 | 12–4 | 1st | NCAA Division I second round |
| 1988–89 | Pittsburgh | 17–13 | 9–7 | 4th | NCAA Division I first round |
| 1989–90 | Pittsburgh | 12–17 | 5–11 | 8th | |
| 1990–91 | Pittsburgh | 21–12 | 9–7 | T–3rd | NCAA Division I second round |
| 1991–92 | Pittsburgh | 18–16 | 9–9 | 7th | NIT second round |
| 1992–93 | Pittsburgh | 17–11 | 9–9 | 6th | NCAA Division I first round |
| 1993–94 | Pittsburgh | 13–14 | 7–11 | 8th | |
| Pittsburgh: | Pittsburgh: | 147–98 | 72–62 | | |
| Total: | 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 ||||||
