John C. Evans
Biographical details | |
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Born | Ohio, U.S. | February 13, 1908
Died | July 22, 1983 Burlington, Vermont, U.S. | (aged 75)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1930–1931 | Illinois |
Basketball | |
1929–1930 | Illinois |
Position(s) | Halfback (football) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1940–1951 | Vermont |
Basketball | |
1940–1965 | Vermont |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 260–196 (basketball) |
John C. "Fuzzy" Evans (February 13, 1908 – July 22, 1983) was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head basketball coach at the University of Vermont from 1940 to 1965. His 23 years at the helm of the Vermont Catamounts men's basketball program makes him the longest tenured basketball coach in school history, while his 260 career wins rank second all-time at Vermont.[1] Evans was also the head football coach at Vermont from 1940 to 1951.
Playing career
Evans played football and basketball at the
Coaching career
Evans arrived at Vermont for the 1940–41 season. In his first three years on the job Evans compiled a 29–16 record before the program went on hiatus due to
During his tenure, Evans coached future basketball coaches Rollie Massimino ('56) and Herb Brown ('57). Evans was also a teacher at UVM. He was inducted to the UVM Athletic Hall of Fame in 1973.
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Vermont Catamounts (Independent) (1940–1946) | |||||||||
1940 | Vermont | 4–4 | |||||||
1941 | Vermont | 2–6 | |||||||
1942 | Vermont | 4–3 | |||||||
1943 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1944 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1945 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1946 | Vermont | 2–3–2 | |||||||
Vermont Catamounts (Yankee Conference) (1947–1951) | |||||||||
1947 | Vermont | 3–4–1 | 0–1–1 | 6th | |||||
1948 | Vermont | 4–3–1 | 1–1 | 3rd | |||||
1949 | Vermont | 6–2 | 2–0 | NA | |||||
1950 | Vermont | 2–5 | 0–3 | T–5th | |||||
1951 | Vermont | 0–7 | 0–3 | 6th | |||||
Vermont: | 27–37–4 | 3–8–1 | |||||||
Total: | 27–37–4 |
Basketball
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Vermont Catamounts (Yankee Conference) (1940–1965) | |||||||||
1940–41 | Vermont | 9–5 | |||||||
1941–42 | Vermont | 10–5 | |||||||
1942–43 | Vermont | 10–6 | |||||||
1943–44 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1944–45 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1945–46 | Vermont | 10–4 | |||||||
1946–47 | Vermont | 19–3 | |||||||
1947–48 | Vermont | 14–6 | |||||||
1948–49 | Vermont | 15–5 | 2–1 | ||||||
1949–50 | Vermont | 9–11 | 2–3 | ||||||
1950–51 | Vermont | 14–6 | 4–1 | ||||||
1951–52 | Vermont | 14–6 | 3–1 | ||||||
1952–53 | Vermont | 11–10 | 1–2 | ||||||
1953–54 | Vermont | 13–7 | 1–2 | ||||||
1954–55 | Vermont | 6–15 | 4–1 | ||||||
1955–56 | Vermont | 6–12 | 2–3 | ||||||
1956–57 | Vermont | 15–5 | 3–2 | ||||||
1957–58 | Vermont | 15–10 | 5–5 | ||||||
1958–59 | Vermont | 12–10 | 4–6 | ||||||
1959–60 | Vermont | 9–11 | 2–8 | ||||||
1960–61 | Vermont | 9–11 | 3–7 | ||||||
1961–62 | Vermont | 12–12 | 3–7 | ||||||
1962–63 | Vermont | 10–13 | 2–8 | ||||||
1963–64 | Vermont | 11–10 | 4–6 | ||||||
1964–65 | Vermont | 7–13 | 1–9 | ||||||
Vermont: | 260–196 | 46–72 | |||||||
Total: | 260–196 |
References
- ^ "UVM Athletics". uvmathletics.com.
- ^ "Scotty and the Senator" (PDF). The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 52, no. 3. Fall 1965. pp. 172–173. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-25. Retrieved 2016-10-25.