Ty Evans - Women's Basketball Coach

Ty Evans

Title:
Women's Basketball Associate Head Coach

Ty Evans, a former All-American for Wisconsin-Whitewater, returns for his fifth season on the Alabama coaching staff and second as associate head coach. He is in his ninth season overall as a Division I assistant and possesses coaching experience at both the professional and collegiate ranks. Evans has made an immediate impact at every stop of his coaching career that spans over nearly a decade. Under his guidance, Evans has directly coached an all-conference player in all but one season. Developing the post players at every stop, Evans has been recognized as one of the top assistants in the nation. In his first season in Tuscaloosa, Evans guided Tierney Jenkins to Southeastern Conference All-Freshman recognition. Jenkins was second among league rookies with 11.8 points per game. The newcomer led all SEC freshmen on the glass with 6.7 rebounds per contest. Her 11.8 points per contest was also a team high and 6.7 boards good for second-best on the squad. Jenkins also added a presence on the defensive end by leading the team with 53 steals. Her six steals against Washington State in the Junkanoo Jam was tied for the second most steals in the conference in a single game. She was named to the Junkanoo Jam All-Tournament Team. The 6-0 freshman had the largest single-game point outburst on the team with a career-best 29 points against Hampton on Dec. 20. For her effort, she was named the SEC Freshman of the Week after leading the Tide to three-straight wins. Prior to joining the Tide, Evans took his coaching prowess to Georgetown University where he assumed every role including a stint as the recruiting coordinator. During his two-year stay in Washington D.C., 5-10 forward Kieraah Marlow garnered two-straight All-BIG EAST selections. As a sophomore, Marlow led the Hoyas in scoring with 16.8 points and recorded double-figures on seven different occasions. She was the team[apos]s high scorer 14 times and Georgetown[apos]s top rebounder 11 times. Marlow ranked fifth in the BIG EAST with her 16.8 points per game and 80 percent free throw shooting. She also ranked ninth in the league with 8.2 rebounds per game while making 44 percent of her shots from the floor. The next season Marlow, again, garnered conference honors and led the Hoyas with 16.0 points per game, ranking her 10th in the league. She became just the eighth Georgetown player to surpass the 1,100-point and 600 rebound marks. Evans began his collegiate coaching career at Saint Louis University where in 2001, he was instrumental in the development of Angie Lewis. The 6-1, All-Conference USA, forward led the Billikens in scoring with 13.8 points per game and rebounding with 8.1 rebounds per outing. Her 13.8 points ranked ninth and her 8.1 rebounds ranked seventh in the conference. After a year away from the university coaching overseas, Evans returned to the bench at SLU where he, again, coached Lewis to a second All-Conference selection. Lewis, who was not honored by the conference the year he was away from the program, reaped the rewards of Evans back on campus. She finished the 2003-04 season with 485 points, the second-highest single-season total in school history, and averaged 18.0 points and 7.0 rebounds. Lewis broke the record for field goals made in a season with 194. She scored 32 points against East Carolina, the second-highest single-game total in school history and was the first player at SLU to score at least 30 points in a game three times in one season. Lewis tallied 1,300 points in her career, the sixth-best total in school history, and her 659 rebounds ranks sixth on the rebounding chart. While at SLU, Evans was also directly responsible for the recruitment of Mia Johnson. Johnson, a native of Minneapolis, Minn., was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman team after leading her team, and ranking fifth in the league, with a scoring average of 17.1 points per game. Johnson, who also had team highs of 87 assists and 50 steals while averaging 4.0 rebounds, hit 64 3-point baskets and set a school single-season record with 110 made free throws. Her 444 points were fifth-most in a single season in SLU history. Johnson transferred to Michigan State after Evans left the SLU bench. At the professional ranks, during the 2002-03 season, Evans served as head coach with the Ulkiken Eagles, based in Bergen, Norway, and competed in the Norway Professional Men[apos]s League. He guided the Eagles to the quarterfinals of the country[apos]s premiere, semi-professional basketball league knows as the BLNO. Evans is also active in the coaching community as he[apos]s been invited the past three years to participate in the prestigious Consortium, presented by Nike. The Consortium is a career development opportunity for the truly elite assistant women[apos]s basketball coaches. A 1995 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Evans earned a degree in secondary education while serving as a co-captain on the basketball team for two seasons. He was a first team All-American for the Warhawks following the 1994-95 campaign. Evans garnered two-straight all-conference honors and led the Warhawks to the NCAA tournament twice. He will be inducted into the Wisconsin-Whitewater Hall of Fame this fall. Evans spent the 1991 season at the University of Richmond before transferring to UW-W. That year, the Spiders won the Colonial Athletic Association Championship and went to the NCAA Tournament where, as a No. 15 seed, defeated No. 2 seed Syracuse in the First Round. Evans had a professional career overseas, playing in Norway and Taiwan. In 1998, he won his team[apos]s Most Valuable Player award in Norway and was named to the All-Star Foreign Tour Team in 1996. Evans is married to the former Tina Perkins and has three children: Alexis, Matthew and Shylyn.