Bill Evans Position: Assistant Coach

Bill is a veteran, well-respected coach, who is now in his fourth season at The University of Montana as an assistant coach.

He has been in the coaching ranks for 33 years. Before joining Wayne Tinkle's Grizzly basketball program he was the head coach at his alma mater, Southern Utah University. He was the head man for the Thunderbirds for 15 seasons from 1992 to 2007.

He was an assistant coach at Southern Utah from 1990-92 before being elevated to the head job.

His 209 career victories at Southern Utah are the most in school history. He was named the coach of the year four times during his tenure there. He guided the Thunderbirds to their first ever NCAA tournament berth in 2001, a 67-64 setback to ninth-ranked Boston College and had a record of 25-6 that season. He coached 27 all-conference players during his tenure at SUU.

Prior to coaching at SUU, he had stints at the University of Alaska-Anchorage (1986-90); an assistant at SUU (1985-86); at Idaho State (a graduate assistant from 1984-85); and a was a volunteer assistant coach at Southern Utah State College in the 1983-84 season.

Evans began his coaching career as the head mentor at Port Sulphur High School in New Orleans, from 1977-83, and had a six-year record of 112-47 there.

He earned his B.A. degree in physical education at Southern Utah in 1972. He received his master's degree in athletic administration from Idaho State in 1985.

Bill and his wife, Sunny, have five children: Quentin, Dave, Tori, Trajan, and Kansas.