Mary Evans (basketball)

American collegiate basketball coach

Mary EvansCurrent position

Title| Head coach
Team| Valparaiso
Conference| MVC
Record| 60–116
Biographical details
Alma mater| Georgia Southern University
Playing career
1995–1999| Georgia Southern
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000–2001| Adams State (assistant)
2001–2005| Seton Hall (assistant)
2005–2007| USC Aiken (assistant)
2007–2012| Georgia Southern (assistant)
2012–2013| Youngstown State (assistant)
2013–2018| Ohio (assistant)
2018–present| Valparaiso
Head coaching record
Overall| 60–116

Mary Perry Evans (née Perry) is an American women's basketball coach and former basketball player. She is the current women's basketball head coach at Valparaiso University.

## Early life and education

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Evans is from Summerville, South Carolina. She attended Georgia Southern University where she played basketball and soccer and earned her bachelor's degree in 2000.[1]

## Coaching career

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Evans began her coaching career at Adams State in 2001.[2] After stints at Seton Hall and USC Aiken she returned to her alma mater in 2007 as an assistant under Georgia Southern head coach Rusty Cram where she remained for five seasons.[3] In 2012 she accepted a position as an assistant under Bob Boldon at Youngstown State. In her single year with the Penguins they won 23 games and finished second in the Horizon League. She remained on Boldon's staff at Ohio the following year when he accepted the head coaching position there.[4] Starting in her second season at Ohio the Bobcats won back-to-back MAC regular season championships in 2015 and 2016 and won the 2015 MAC tournament.[5]

### Valparaiso

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Evans was announced as Valparaiso's head coach on April 13, 2018, where she has a 60–116 overall record through the 2023–24 season.[6]

## Head coaching record

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Statistics overview  Season  | Team  | Overall  | Conference  | Standing  | Postseason

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Valparaiso (MVC) (2018–present)
2018–19[7] | Valparaiso | 8–24 | 3–15 | 9th |
2019–20[8] | Valparaiso | 17–12 | 9–9 | 6th |
2020–21[9] | Valparaiso | 12–13 | 7–9 | 7th |
2021–22[10] | Valparaiso  | 11–19 | 9–9 | T–6th |
2022–23[11] | Valparaiso  | 7–23 | 5–15 | 11th |
2023–24[12] | Valparaiso | 5–25 | 4–16 | 10th |
Valparaiso: | 60–116 (.341) | 37–73 (.336) |
Total: | 60–116 (.341) |

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

## Career statistics

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Year  | Team  | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG

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1987–88  | Coastal Carolina | 26 | - | - | 40.5 | 0.0 | 68.3 | 7.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | - | 13.2
1989–90  | Coastal Carolina | 28 | - | - | 43.9 | 37.5 | 53.4 | 6.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | - | 11.1
Career | 54 | - | - | 42.1 | 37.5 | 62.1 | 6.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | - | 12.1
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[13]

## Personal life

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Evans and her husband Daryl have two children named Keegan Thomas and Zoe Mae[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Mary Evans". Valparaiso University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
2. ^ Osipoff, Michael (April 19, 2018). "Mary Evans fulfills 'lifelong dream' as Valparaiso introduces new women's basketball coach". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
3. ^ "Mary Evans Hired to Lead Valpo Women's Basketball Program". Valparaiso University. April 13, 2018. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
4. ^ Manoloff, Dennis (March 29, 2016). "Ohio University hires Boldon to coach women's basketball". Huntington Herald Dispatch. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
5. ^ Manoloff, Dennis (March 15, 2016). "Ohio Bobcats are No. 1 seed for MAC Women's Tournament". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
6. ^ "Valparaiso women's basketball hires Mary Evans as next head coach". Northwest Indiana Times. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
7. ^ "2018-19 SCHEDULE". Valparaiso University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
8. ^ "2019-20 SCHEDULE". Valparaiso University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
9. ^ "2020-21 SCHEDULE". Valparaiso University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
10. ^ "2021-22 SCHEDULE". Valparaiso University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
11. ^ "2022-23 SCHEDULE". Valparaiso University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
12. ^ "2023-24 SCHEDULE". Valparaiso University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
13. ^ "Mary Evans College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2024.

## External links

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* Georgia Southern Eagles coaching bio
* Youngstown State Penguins coaching bio
* Valparaiso Beacons coaching bio

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Valparaiso Beacons women's basketball head coaches

* Ruth Brown (1971–1978)
* Sandy Harms (1978–1979)
* Wendy Miller (1979–1980)
* Sandy Harms (1980–1983)
* Dick Briars (1983–1987)
* Dave Wolter (1987–1994)
* Keith Freeman (1994–2012)
* Tracey Dorow (2012–2018)
* Mary Evans (2018– )

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Current women's basketball head coaches of the Missouri Valley Conference

* Bart Brooks (Belmont)
* Kate Popovec (Bradley)
* Allison Pohlman (Drake)
* Robyn Scherr-Wells (Evansville)
* Kristen Gillespie (Illinois State)
* Marc Mitchell (Indiana State)
* Beth Cunningham (Missouri State)
* Rechelle Turner (Murray State)
* Tanya Warren (Northern Iowa)
* Kelly Bond-White (Southern Illinois)
* Ashleen Bracey (UIC)
* Mary Evans (Valparaiso)

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