A former standout for UNC Pembroke in runs to both the 2016-17 and 2018-19 Peach Belt Conference regular season and tournament championships, Andrew Evans returned to his alma mater in July 2020 as an assistant coach for the Braves.
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A native of Raleigh, Evans played one season (2015-16) at Hampden-Sydney before joining the Braves prior to a record-setting 2016-17 campaign that watched the Black & Gold capture the first of two-straight PBC regular season and tournament championships. Evans played in 21 games as a sophomore and averaged 7.9 points, 2.4 rebounds per contest while shooting 44.5 percent from the field, including a team-best 42.7 percent success rate from the perimeter. The Black & Gold reeled off a 51-14 clip with Evans on the roster, including a school record-matching 27 victories during his injury-shortened junior season.
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Evans has served as an assistant coach for nearby Purnell Swett High School across each of the last two seasons, and has helped lead the Rams to a pair of state playoff appearances. That run includes a 2018-19 campaign that watched Purnell Swett tack up 11 victories, while two players off of the 2019-20 squad went on to sign college scholarships at the NCAA Division II and NAIA levels.
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Evans earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise and sports science from UNCP in December 2018.
