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{{short description|American basketball coach and former player}}
{{Other people|Michael Evans}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name            = Mike Evans
| image           = 
| width           = 
| caption         = 
| height_ft       = 6
| height_in       = 1
| weight_lb       = 170
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1955|04|19}}
| birth_place     = [[Goldsboro, North Carolina]], U.S.
| high_school     = [[Laurinburg Institute]]<br />([[Laurinburg, North Carolina]])
| college         = [[Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball|Kansas State]] (1974–1978)
| draft_year      = 1978
| draft_round     = 1
| draft_pick      = 21
| draft_team      = [[Denver Nuggets]]
| career_start    = 1979
| career_end      = 1989
| career_number   = 1, 5
| career_position = [[Point guard]]
| coach_start     = 1990
| coach_end       = 2009
| years1          = {{nbay|1979|full=y}}
| team1           = [[San Antonio Spurs]]
| years2          = {{nbay|1980|start}}–{{nbay|1981|end}}
| team2           = [[Milwaukee Bucks]]
| years3          = {{nbay|1981|end}}
| team3           = [[Cleveland Cavaliers]]
| years4          = 1982–1983
| team4           = [[Montana Golden Nuggets]]
| years5          = {{nbay|1982|end}}–{{nbay|1987|end}}
| team5           = [[Denver Nuggets]]
| years6          = 1988–1989
| team6           = [[Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino|Ipifim Torino]]
| cyears1         = {{nbay|1990|start}}–{{nbay|1993|end}};<br>{{nbay|1998|start}}–{{nbay|2001|start}}
| cteam1          = Denver Nuggets (assistant)
| cyears2         = {{nbay|2001|full=y}}
| cteam2          = Denver Nuggets (interim)
| cyears3         = 2007–2009
| cteam3         = [[Toronto Raptors]] (assistant)
| cyears4         = 2010–2011
| cteam4          = [[Halifax Rainmen]]
| cyears5         = 2011–2012
| cteam5          = [[Moncton Miracles]]
| highlights      = 
* Third-team [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] – [[Associated Press|AP]] ([[1978 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1978]])
* [[Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year|Big Eight Player of the Year]] (1978)
* 3× First-team All-[[Big Eight Conference|Big Eight]] (1976–1978)
* No. 12 Jersey [[Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball#Retired jerseys|retired by Kansas State Wildcats]]
| stats_league    = NBA
| stat1label      = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value      = 4,531 (7.7 ppg)
| stat2label      = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value      = 808 (1.4 rpg)
| stat3label      = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
| stat3value      = 1,514 (2.6 apg)
}}

'''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]].<ref>[http://www.nba.com/raptors/news/mlsel_management.html RAPTORS: Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Management Structure<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He then joined the Raptors' coaching staff in [[2007-08 NBA season|2007–08]].<ref>[http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/nba/article/0,2777,DRMN_23922_5589286,00.html Rapper won't have to testify at Iverson trial] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070618132447/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/nba/article/0,2777,DRMN_23922_5589286,00.html |date=2007-06-18 }}, updated June 16, 2007</ref> He was fired in the 2009 off-season.

==NBA career statistics==
{{NBA player statistics legend}}

===Regular season===
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | [[1979–80 NBA season|1979–80]]
| align="left" | [[1979-80 San Antonio Spurs season|San Antonio]]
| 79 || - || 15.8 || .448 || .286 || .682 || 1.4 || 2.9 || 0.8 || '''0.1''' || 6.2
|-
| align="left" | [[1980–81 NBA season|1980–81]]
| align="left" | [[1980-81 Milwaukee Bucks season|Milwaukee]]
| 71 || - || 12.8 || .460 || .143 || .781 || 1.2 || 2.4 || 0.5 || '''0.1''' || 4.5
|-
| align="left" | [[1981–82 NBA season|1981–82]]
| align="left" | [[1981-82 Milwaukee Bucks season|Milwaukee]]
| 14 || 0 || 14.0 || .471 || .000 || .667 || 0.9 || 1.6 || 0.6 || 0.0 || 4.0
|-
| align="left" | [[1981–82 NBA season|1981–82]]
| align="left" | [[1981-82 Cleveland Cavaliers season|Cleveland]]
| 8 || 0 || 9.3 || .314 || .000 || .625 || 1.3 || 2.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 3.4
|-
| align="left" | [[1982–83 NBA season|1982–83]]
| align="left" | [[1982-83 Denver Nuggets season|Denver]]
| 42 || '''5''' || 16.5 || .473 || .000 || .805 || 1.4 || 2.7 || 0.5 || '''0.1''' || 6.3
|-
| align="left" | [[1983–84 NBA season|1983–84]]
| align="left" | [[1983-84 Denver Nuggets season|Denver]]
| 78 || '''5''' || '''21.6''' || .431 || .360 || .847 || '''1.8''' || '''3.7''' || 0.8 || '''0.1''' || 8.1
|-
| align="left" | [[1984–85 NBA season|1984–85]]
| align="left" | [[1984-85 Denver Nuggets season|Denver]]
| '''81''' || 0 || 17.7 || '''.489''' || .363 || '''.863''' || 1.5 || 2.9 || 0.8 || '''0.1''' || '''10.1'''
|-
| align="left" | [[1985–86 NBA season|1985–86]]
| align="left" | [[1985-86 Denver Nuggets season|Denver]]
| '''81''' || 1 || 17.1 || .425 || .222 || .846 || 1.2 || 2.2 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 9.5
|-
| align="left" | [[1986–87 NBA season|1986–87]]
| align="left" | [[1986-87 Denver Nuggets season|Denver]]
| '''81''' || 4 || 19.3 || .458 || .314 || .780 || 1.6 || 2.3 || '''1.0''' || '''0.1''' || '''10.1'''
|-
| align="left" | [[1987–88 NBA season|1987–88]]
| align="left" | [[1987-88 Denver Nuggets season|Denver]]
| 56 || 0 || 11.7 || .453 || '''.396''' || .811 || 0.9 || 1.4 || 0.6 || '''0.1''' || 6.1
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 591 || <u>15</u> || 16.7 || .452 || .307 || .807 || 1.4 || 2.6 || 0.7 || 0.1 || 7.7
|}

===Playoffs===
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | [[1979–80 NBA season|1979–80]]
| align="left" | [[1979-80 San Antonio Spurs season|San Antonio]]
| 2 || - || 6.0 || .375 || '''.500''' || .750 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 5.5
|-
| align="left" | [[1980–81 NBA season|1980–81]]
| align="left" | [[1980-81 Milwaukee Bucks season|Milwaukee]]
| 4 || - || 9.5 || '''.529''' || .000 || .875 || 0.3 || 1.5 || 0.0 || '''0.3''' || 6.3
|-
| align="left" | [[1982–83 NBA season|1982–83]]
| align="left" | [[1982-83 Denver Nuggets season|Denver]]
| 8 || - || '''22.9''' || .486 || .300 || .647 || '''2.4''' || '''4.8''' || 0.6 || 0.0 || '''10.8'''
|-
| align="left" | [[1983–84 NBA season|1983–84]]
| align="left" | [[1983-84 Denver Nuggets season|Denver]]
| 5 || - || 15.4 || .321 || .125 || '''1.000''' || 0.6 || 2.4 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 4.6
|-
| align="left" | [[1984–85 NBA season|1984–85]]
| align="left" | [[1984-85 Denver Nuggets season|Denver]]
| '''15''' || 0 || 18.7 || .434 || .333 || .824 || 2.1 || 3.1 || 0.9 || 0.2 || 10.3
|-
| align="left" | [[1985–86 NBA season|1985–86]]
| align="left" | [[1985-86 Denver Nuggets season|Denver]]
| 10 || 0 || 20.4 || .366 || .241 || .833 || 2.0 || 2.5 || 1.0 || '''0.3''' || 9.2
|-
| align="left" | [[1986–87 NBA season|1986–87]]
| align="left" | [[1986-87 Denver Nuggets season|Denver]]
| 3 || 0 || 19.0 || .368 || .286 || '''1.000''' || 2.3 || 2.7 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 6.0
|-
| align="left" | [[1987–88 NBA season|1987–88]]
| align="left" | [[1987-88 Denver Nuggets season|Denver]]
| 11 || '''1''' || 19.9 || .395 || .273 || .933 || 2.0 || 2.1 || '''1.1''' || 0.0 || 10.5
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 58 || <u>1</u> || 18.5 || .414 || .284 || .825 || 1.8 || 2.8 || 0.7 || 0.1 || 9.1
|}

==Head coaching record==
{{NBA coach statistics legend}}
{{NBA coach statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[2001–02 Denver Nuggets season|Denver]]
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|2001}}
|56||18||38||{{Winning percentage|18|38}}|| align="center"|6th in Midwest|||—||—||—||—
| style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs
|- class="sortbottom"
| align="center" colspan="2"|'''Career'''
|56||18||38||{{Winning percentage|18|38}}|| ||—||—||—||—||
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/evansmi01c.html BasketballReference.com: Mike Evans (as coach)]
* [https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/e/evansmi01.html BasketballReference.com: Mike Evans (as player)]

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