Mike Evans (basketball)

Mike Evans

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Point guard
Personal information
Date of birth	April 19, 1955 (1955-04-19) (age 56)
Place of birth	Goldsboro, North Carolina
Nationality	American
High school	Laurinburg Institute (Laurinburg, North Carolina)
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
College	Kansas State (1974–1978)
NBA Draft	1978 / Round: 1 / Pick: 21st overall
Selected by the Denver Nuggets
Pro career	1979–1989
Career history
As player:
1979–1980	San Antonio Spurs
1980–1982	Milwaukee Bucks
1982	Cleveland Cavaliers
1983–1988	Denver Nuggets
1988–1989	Ipifim Torino (Italy)
As coach:
2001–2002	Denver Nuggets
2010–present	Halifax Rainmen (Canada)
Career highlights and awards
2× Big Eight Conference Player of the Year (1977–1978)
Career NBA statistics
Points	4,531 (7.7 ppg)
Rebounds	808 (1.4 rpg)
Assists	1,514 (2.6 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

For other people named Michael Evans, see Michael Evans (disambiguation).

Michael Leeroyall "Mike" Evans (born April 19, 1955 in Goldsboro, North Carolina) is a retired American National Basketball Association player and present coach. He played collegiately at Kansas State University where he is Kansas State's 2nd all-time leading points scorer, behind Jacob Pullen, with 2,115 points. He was drafted by the Denver Nuggets with the 21st pick of the 1978 NBA Draft and had a 9-year NBA career with four different teams (the San Antonio Spurs, Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Denver Nuggets). He was widely regarded throughout his career as an excellent 3-point shooter, being among the league leaders in that statistical category for several years.

After his retirement as a player, he became an assistant coach with the Nuggets. In 2001, when Dan Issel was fired, Evans assumed coaching duties for the remainder of the 2001-02 season, after which Jeff Bzdelik was hired as the team's head coach. In 2006-07 he was a scout for the Toronto Raptors.^[1] He then joined the Raptors' coaching staff in 2007-08.^[2] He was fired in the 2009 off-season.

He is currently the head coach of the Halifax Rainmen of the National Basketball League of Canada.

Notes

1. ^ RAPTORS: Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Management Structure
2. ^ Rapper won't have to testify at Iverson trial, updated June 16, 2007

External links

• BasketballReference.com: Mike Evans (as coach)
• BasketballReference.com: Mike Evans (as player)

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Name	Evans, Mike
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Date of birth	April 19, 1955
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