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Jeff Evans

Jeff Evans returned to Fort Lewis and the Durango community in the summer of 2025, marking his first season on staff with head coach Jordan Mast and his second overall with the Skyhawks in the past three years. 

Evans brings 34 years of coaching experience to Durango, most recently spending the 2024-25 season with the Hilltoppers at St. Edward's University (NCAA Division II) down in Austin, Texas. While at SEU, the Hilltoppers compiled a 21-13 overall record and a 14-8 mark in Lone Star Conference play, including a signature 84-71 victory over No. 8 West Texas A&M to keep its postseason hopes alive. 

St. Edward's made a short run through the LSC Conference Tournament, besting St. Mary's in the opening round before a second-round exit at the hands of Dallas Baptist, who later made a run to the Division II Final Four. The Hilltoppers success was enough to earn the fifth overall seed in the NCAA South Central Region, marking the program's first return to the NCAA postseason since the 2019-20 season. In addition, St. Edward's boasted four All-LSC honorees, including Gavino Ramos (Second-Team), Lewis Rowe (Second-Team), Jamison Kay (Honorable Mention), Sam McKinney (Freshman-Team). 

Evans made his collegiate debut during his first stint with the Skyhawks in 2023-24. With Evans leading Fort Lewis' high-pressure full-court defense, the Skyhawks ran off to a 29-4 overall record and a 20-2 record in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play. After finishing one game shy of the regular season championship, FLC went on to defend its RMAC Tournament title on the home floor of Western Slope rival Colorado Mesa, downing the Mavericks 86-75 in the title game to win the program's second-straight RMAC Tournament Championship and the program's eighth overall. 

Fort Lewis made its second-straight appearance in the NCAA South Central Regional and captured an 86-72 win over Lubbock Christian in the opening round before narrowly falling to the Mavericks in the Round of 32. The Skyhawks set a program record in 2023-24, rising to No. 3 on the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Top 25 Poll. At the end of the campaign, four Skyhawks were named to the All-RMAC teams, including Obi Agbim (First-Team), Malik Whitaker (First-Team), Junior Garbrah (Second-Team), and Brayden Carter (Second-Team). In addition, Agbim was later named First-Team All-South Central Region by the NABC and Second-Team All-South Central Region by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association. 

Before joining the collegiate ranks, Evans spent 23 years as the Head Boys Basketball Coach at Palo Duro High School in Amarillo, Texas. An educator by trade, Evans also served Palo Duro as a 12th-grade English teacher and Physical Education instructor.
 
Over his three decades of coaching, Evans has compiled a decorated resume. Boasting a 609-212 career record, Evans has tallied numerous coaching honors over the years and has even appeared in the Texas Coach Magazine and Chalk Talk Publications.

Owning a 546-156 record at Palo Duro, Evans has guided the Dons to a 220-50 district record, 49 playoff wins, 12 district championships, seven regional tournaments, five regional finals, and an appearance in the State Tournament Final Four.
 
Palo Duro has made 24 playoff appearances, including 22 consecutive trips from 2002-2023. Additionally, Evans led the Dons to a series of 84 consecutive home wins from 2002-2010 alongside nine consecutive District Championships from 2003-2011.
 
Evans' success spans beyond the high school level as he has demonstrated a tremendous ability to guide his players to the collegiate level. Over the years, Evans has lifted 58 to the collegiate basketball ranks including seven NCAA Division I signees, three of which went to the Big 12, three national scoring leaders, and even Fort Lewis' fifth-all-time leading scorer and the program's first player to earn National Association of Basketball Coaches and Division II Conference Commissioners Association All-American honors, Akuel Kot.
 
Before Palo Duro, Evans had coaching stops as the Head Boys Basketball Coach at Abilene High School in Abilene, Texas, from 1996-2000 and as an Assistant Varsity Basketball Coach at Coronado High School in Lubbock, Texas, from 1991-1996.
 
Evans earned his Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education with an English teaching field from Texas Tech University in 1990 and later completed his Master of Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia University Irvine.
 

Career Coaching Honors
  • Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Coach of the Year, 2008
  • Amarillo Chapter NAACP, Educator of the Year, 2008
  • All-Star Team Coach, Elected by Texas High School Coaches Association, 2006
  • Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Board of Directors, 2006
  • Texas Association of Basketball Coaches All-Star Team Coach, 2005
  • Selected to coach Texas vs Oklahoma Oil Bowl Game, 2005
  • Amarillo Globe News, All-Sport Coach of the Year, 2005
  • Amarillo Globe News Super Team Coach of the Year, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2019
  • Amarillo Globe News, 5A-6A Coach of the Year, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011
  • District 3-5A Coach of the Year, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019