Women's Basketball
Ty Evans
- Title:
- Assistant Women's Basketball Coach
- Email:
- ttevans@syr.edu
Ty Evans will join the Syracuse women's basketball staff as an assistant coach on July 1, 2024. Evans spent the previous four seasons as the head coach at Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tenn.
“We have hired another amazing coach, Ty Evans, who comes to us with lots of coaching experience,” Legette-Jack said. “Ty was recently the head coach at TSU and was previously the associate head coach at Alabama and Auburn and an assistant coach at Georgetown and Saint Louis as well. Coach Evans will bring detail, passion, defensive aggression, and toughness to our program.”
Evans is a 1994 graduate of Wisconsin-Whitewater where he was a two-time All-American, the 1994 WSUC Player of the Year and helped the Warhawk’s to three-straight NCAA Tournaments from 1992-94.
“I’ve always admired her [Legette-Jack] from a far,” Evans said. “Coach Jack is one of the most enthusiastic people I have ever met. She is one of the most genuine individuals I’ve ever met. For me, it wasn’t even a matter of ‘if’ it was a matter of ‘when’, if she offered, I was accepting,” Evans said.
Evans began his coaching career after playing professionally in Norway and Taiwan at Saint Louis in 2001. After Saint Louis, Evans was an assistant coach at Georgetown from 2005-07 before taking an assistant coach position at the University of Alabama in 2007. Evans rose to associate head coach for the Crimson Tide in 2010 where he helped Alabama to its first winning season and first postseason appearance in nearly a decade.
“I just love being around people who are like minded,” Evans added. “What I mean by that is people who are genuine, who are authentic, who are obsessed with basketball, and who love helping people. Coach Jack embodies all of that. All I want to do is add value. She’s done a phenomenal job of putting together a staff that exemplifies what she believes in. I am looking forward to being part of a team where I can add value to a program that is growing and that’s what we have at Syracuse. I am just excited to get going.”
In 2012 Evans was named an assistant coach at Auburn and took on recruiting coordinator duties in 2014. He was elevated to associate head coach in 2012, a title which he held until being named head coach at Tennessee State in 2020.
While at Tennessee State, he became the first TSU coach to lead the program to qualify for three consecutive OVC Tournaments since 2013-15. He coached seven TSU players to All-OVC honors over his final three seasons, the most in program history since 1997-99.
“I’ve watched Coach Evans for many years, and I know we are very fortunate to have him commit to our women’s basketball program,” Legette-Jack added.
“We have hired another amazing coach, Ty Evans, who comes to us with lots of coaching experience,” Legette-Jack said. “Ty was recently the head coach at TSU and was previously the associate head coach at Alabama and Auburn and an assistant coach at Georgetown and Saint Louis as well. Coach Evans will bring detail, passion, defensive aggression, and toughness to our program.”
Evans is a 1994 graduate of Wisconsin-Whitewater where he was a two-time All-American, the 1994 WSUC Player of the Year and helped the Warhawk’s to three-straight NCAA Tournaments from 1992-94.
“I’ve always admired her [Legette-Jack] from a far,” Evans said. “Coach Jack is one of the most enthusiastic people I have ever met. She is one of the most genuine individuals I’ve ever met. For me, it wasn’t even a matter of ‘if’ it was a matter of ‘when’, if she offered, I was accepting,” Evans said.
Evans began his coaching career after playing professionally in Norway and Taiwan at Saint Louis in 2001. After Saint Louis, Evans was an assistant coach at Georgetown from 2005-07 before taking an assistant coach position at the University of Alabama in 2007. Evans rose to associate head coach for the Crimson Tide in 2010 where he helped Alabama to its first winning season and first postseason appearance in nearly a decade.
“I just love being around people who are like minded,” Evans added. “What I mean by that is people who are genuine, who are authentic, who are obsessed with basketball, and who love helping people. Coach Jack embodies all of that. All I want to do is add value. She’s done a phenomenal job of putting together a staff that exemplifies what she believes in. I am looking forward to being part of a team where I can add value to a program that is growing and that’s what we have at Syracuse. I am just excited to get going.”
In 2012 Evans was named an assistant coach at Auburn and took on recruiting coordinator duties in 2014. He was elevated to associate head coach in 2012, a title which he held until being named head coach at Tennessee State in 2020.
While at Tennessee State, he became the first TSU coach to lead the program to qualify for three consecutive OVC Tournaments since 2013-15. He coached seven TSU players to All-OVC honors over his final three seasons, the most in program history since 1997-99.
“I’ve watched Coach Evans for many years, and I know we are very fortunate to have him commit to our women’s basketball program,” Legette-Jack added.
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