Mike Evans Basketball player

Michael Leeroyall "Mike" Evans (born April 19, 1955) 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. He then joined the Raptors' coaching staff in 2007-08. He was fired in the 2009 off-season.Evans is currently the head coach of the Moncton Miracles of the National Basketball League of Canada.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Evans Michael Leeroyall
Birth dateApril 19, 1955
Birth place
Goldsboro North Carolina
Height (meters)1.8542
Weight (Kilograms)77.112

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Basketball player

Career start1979
career end1989
college
Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball
draft team
Denver Nuggets
draft year1978
position
Point guard

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