Jessie Evans (basketball)

Jessie Evans

Biographical details
Born	(1950-10-24) October 24, 1950 Lebanon, Tennessee, U.S.
Playing career
1968–1972	Eastern Michigan
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1972–1973	Flint Pros
1973–1976	Flint Northwestern HS (MI)
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.)
Head coaching record
Overall	177–138 (.562) (college)
Tournaments	0–2 (NCAA Division I) 1–3 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 Sun Belt tournament (2000, 2004) 2 Sun Belt regular season (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.

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.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (Sun Belt Conference) (1997–2004)
1997–98	Southwestern Louisiana	18–13	12–6	3rd
1998–99	Southwestern Louisiana	13–16	7–7	T–3rd
1999–00	Louisiana–Lafayette	25–9	13–3	T–1st	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2000–01	Louisiana–Lafayette	16–13	10–6	T–2nd (West)
2001–02	Louisiana–Lafayette	20–11	11–4	T–1st (West)	NIT Opening Round
2002–03	Louisiana–Lafayette	20–10	12–3	1st (West)	NIT First Round
2003–04	Louisiana–Lafayette	20–9	12–3	1st (West)	NCAA Division I Round of 64
Louisiana–Lafayette:		132–81 (.620)	77–32 (.706)
San Francisco Dons (West Coast Conference) (2004–2007)
2004–05	San Francisco	17–14	6–8	T–5th	NIT First Round
2005–06	San Francisco	11–17	7–7	4th
2006–07	San Francisco	13–18	8–6	T–3rd
2007–08	San Francisco	4–8
San Francisco:		45–57 (.441)	21–21 (.500)
Total:		177–138 (.562)
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