# Mike Evans (basketball)

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. He then joined the Raptors' coaching staff in 2007–08. He was fired in the 2009 off-season.

## NBA career statistics
### Regular season

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 1979–80 | San Antonio | 79 | - | 15.8 | .448 | .286 | .682 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 6.2 |
| 1980–81 | Milwaukee | 71 | - | 12.8 | .460 | .143 | .781 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 4.5 |
| 1981–82 | Milwaukee | 14 | 0 | 14.0 | .471 | .000 | .667 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| 1981–82 | Cleveland | 8 | 0 | 9.3 | .314 | .000 | .625 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3.4 |
| 1982–83 | Denver | 42 | 5 | 16.5 | .473 | .000 | .805 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 6.3 |
| 1983–84 | Denver | 78 | 5 | 21.6 | .431 | .360 | .847 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 8.1 |
| 1984–85 | Denver | 81 | 0 | 17.7 | .489 | .363 | .863 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 10.1 |
| 1985–86 | Denver | 81 | 1 | 17.1 | .425 | .222 | .846 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 9.5 |
| 1986–87 | Denver | 81 | 4 | 19.3 | .458 | .314 | .780 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 10.1 |
| 1987–88 | Denver | 56 | 0 | 11.7 | .453 | .396 | .811 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 6.1 |
| Career | Career | 591 | 15 | 16.7 | .452 | .307 | .807 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 7.7 |

### Playoffs

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 1979–80 | San Antonio | 2 | - | 6.0 | .375 | .500 | .750 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 |
| 1980–81 | Milwaukee | 4 | - | 9.5 | .529 | .000 | .875 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 6.3 |
| 1982–83 | Denver | 8 | - | 22.9 | .486 | .300 | .647 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 10.8 |
| 1983–84 | Denver | 5 | - | 15.4 | .321 | .125 | 1.000 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.6 |
| 1984–85 | Denver | 15 | 0 | 18.7 | .434 | .333 | .824 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 10.3 |
| 1985–86 | Denver | 10 | 0 | 20.4 | .366 | .241 | .833 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 9.2 |
| 1986–87 | Denver | 3 | 0 | 19.0 | .368 | .286 | 1.000 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 |
| 1987–88 | Denver | 11 | 1 | 19.9 | .395 | .273 | .933 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 10.5 |
| Career | Career | 58 | 1 | 18.5 | .414 | .284 | .825 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 9.1 |

## Head coaching record

| Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
| Denver | 2001–02 | 56 | 18 | 38 | .321 | 6th in Midwest | — | — | — | — | Missed playoffs |
| Career | Career | 56 | 18 | 38 | .321 | | — | — | — | — | |