Dewayne Evans
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- Title:
- Assistant Coach
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- Phone:
- 847-735-6157
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- Email:
- devans@lakeforest.edu
Dewayne Evans is in his fifth year on the Forester staff and seventh as an assistant coach at the collegiate level. On the court, he works specifically with the team’s guards. He is also involved with recruiting and opponent scouting and is the co-director of Lake Forest Boys Basketball Camps.
The Foresters are 47-46 overall and 38-34 in Midwest Conference play with Evans on staff and he helped lead the 2011-12 team to a league title. Under his direction, guard James Stack led the team in scoring and ranked among the top 10 in the nation in three-point field goal and free throw percentage last year. In addition, point guard Jeff Beck earned all-conference honors each of the previous two seasons.
Evans spent the previous two years as an assistant coach at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. The Lakers reached the NCAA tournament both years and were the Great Lakes’ Intercollegiate Athletic Conference North Division Champions in 2009-10. Evans’ responsibilities included guard play, opponent scouting, and the Laker Summer Basketball Camps.
Prior to joining the staff at Grand Valley, Evans served for two years as a coach and skills instructor with the Illinois Rising Stars AAU program in Deerfield, Illinois. During the summer of 2008 Evans helped lead the 17-and-under team to the Senior Nationals in Orlando, Florida. In 2006 Evans served as an assistant coach with the Canyon State Academy track & field team in Arizona, which won the 1A state championship.
Evans graduated from Oberlin College in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. He was the starting point guard for three years and also an all-conference track performer.
Evans is a native of Chandler, Arizona, and graduated from Chandler High School.
