Rudy Evans joined the Urbana University men’s basketball staff in the summer of 2019. He will also serve as the head men’s golf coach.
Evans spent the previous three seasons as an assistant coach under Josh Gibson at NAIA Lourdes University located in Sylvania, Ohio. At Lourdes, he served as recruiting coordinator and helped manage all areas of the day-to-day operations for the men’s basketball program.
In 2018-19, Evans played a key role in helping Lourdes to an 18-13 overall mark – the second-highest win total in school history – after going 7-22 just two years prior. Three players earned all-conference recognition as the Gray Wolves appeared in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) Quarterfinals.
Prior to Lourdes, Evans served three years as an assistant coach at his alma mater Berea College (NAIA) in Berea, Kentucky. He was part of a program that went 53-30 in three seasons with back-to-back USCAA national tournament berths. In 2014-15, Berea spent four weeks ranked No. 2 while leading the nation in scoring, assists, three-point field goals and three-point field goal percentage. The Mountaineers finished that season 20-6 with a trip to the USCAA Final Four. Evans also helped recruit five All-Americans and a conference newcomer of the year.
Evans also gained coaching experience through AAU teams and helping with the women’s program at Berea. He was head coach of the Kentucky Premier Women’s AAU team in 2015-16, helping two student-athletes earn NCAA Division I scholarships. Evans has also participated in camps hosted by the University of Kentucky, Indiana University, Vanderbilt University, University of Dayton, University of Memphis and Eastern Kentucky University.
Before entering the coaching profession, Evans produced a stellar playing career at Cuyahoga Community College and Berea College. The Cleveland, Ohio native scored over 1,000 points at Cuyahoga while earning NJCAA All-America Honorable Mention. He moved on to score the most points in a two-year span at Berea, where he was named all-conference in 2010 and 2011.
