Mike Evans (basketball)

Mike Evans
Personal information
Born (1955-04-19) April 19, 1955 (age 69)
Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High schoolLaurinburg Institute
(Laurinburg, North Carolina)
CollegeKansas State (1974–1978)
NBA draft1978: 1st round, 21st overall pick
Selected by the Denver Nuggets
Playing career1979–1989
PositionPoint guard
Number1, 5
Coaching career1990–2009
Career history
As player:
1979–1980San Antonio Spurs
19801982Milwaukee Bucks
1982Cleveland Cavaliers
1982–1983Montana Golden Nuggets
19831988Denver Nuggets
1988–1989Ipifim Torino
As coach:
19901994;
19982001
Denver Nuggets (assistant)
2001–2002Denver Nuggets (interim)
2007–2009Toronto Raptors (assistant)
2010–2011Halifax Rainmen
2011–2012Moncton Miracles
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points4,531 (7.7 ppg)
Rebounds808 (1.4 rpg)
Assists1,514 (2.6 apg)
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Michael Leeroyall Evans (born April 19, 1955) is an American former National Basketball Association (NBA) player and coach. He played collegiately at Kansas State University where he is Kansas State's second 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 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 during his stint in Denver.

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.