Mike Evans
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- Title:
- Head Coach
Mike Evans’ success at Bellevue
University is unmatched. A record of 926-423-1 makes Evans the most
successful coach in Bellevue baseball history. Evans has led his
teams to an unprecedented 18 district or region championships,
including the 1995 NAIA National Championship. He now enters his
22nd season at the helm of the Bellevue baseball program.
Since Bellevue University’s inception into the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference in 1995, the Bruins have won 18 MCAC regular season and/or tournament championships along with a record 16 NAIA Region and/or Super Regional championships. For his efforts, Evans has been named the MCAC Coach of the Year on 11 occasions.
Evans has been recognized for his success with numerous coaching awards including the NAIA National Coach of the Year in 1995 and the Region Coach of the Year in 1995 and 1998.
An Omaha native, Evans began his coaching career in 1975 as head baseball coach at Omaha Creighton Prep High School. In his eight seasons guiding the Junior Jays, Evans won seven state titles and was named Nebraska “Coach of the Year” five times.
Evans entered the collegiate coaching ranks as an assistant baseball coach at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. The Huskers were ranked as high as No. 4 in the nation during the 1985 season and his pitching staff finished second nationally in ERA.
The Bruins have earned berths to the NAIA World Series 12 out of the past 15 years. The 2009 Bruins finished with a 41-12 overall record, capturing both the MCAC regular season and tournament titles while advancing to the NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round and finishing the year with a No. 11 final national ranking.
A 1971 graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Evans earned a bachelor’s degree in Education K-12 with an emphasis in Science. He earned a master’s degree in Education Administration from Creighton in 1979.
Evans has five children, Jeff (32), Caeli (30), Mike Jr. (25), Joe (24) and stepson Devin Samson (19).
He and his wife, Peggy, live in Omaha.
In addition to his coaching duties, Evans is also a professor in the Sports Management and Health & Human Performance programs at Bellevue University.
Since Bellevue University’s inception into the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference in 1995, the Bruins have won 18 MCAC regular season and/or tournament championships along with a record 16 NAIA Region and/or Super Regional championships. For his efforts, Evans has been named the MCAC Coach of the Year on 11 occasions.
Evans has been recognized for his success with numerous coaching awards including the NAIA National Coach of the Year in 1995 and the Region Coach of the Year in 1995 and 1998.
An Omaha native, Evans began his coaching career in 1975 as head baseball coach at Omaha Creighton Prep High School. In his eight seasons guiding the Junior Jays, Evans won seven state titles and was named Nebraska “Coach of the Year” five times.
Evans entered the collegiate coaching ranks as an assistant baseball coach at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. The Huskers were ranked as high as No. 4 in the nation during the 1985 season and his pitching staff finished second nationally in ERA.
The Bruins have earned berths to the NAIA World Series 12 out of the past 15 years. The 2009 Bruins finished with a 41-12 overall record, capturing both the MCAC regular season and tournament titles while advancing to the NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round and finishing the year with a No. 11 final national ranking.
A 1971 graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Evans earned a bachelor’s degree in Education K-12 with an emphasis in Science. He earned a master’s degree in Education Administration from Creighton in 1979.
Evans has five children, Jeff (32), Caeli (30), Mike Jr. (25), Joe (24) and stepson Devin Samson (19).
He and his wife, Peggy, live in Omaha.
In addition to his coaching duties, Evans is also a professor in the Sports Management and Health & Human Performance programs at Bellevue University.
