Rudy Evans enters his fourth season on the Arkansas State women’s basketball staff in 2026-27 and his third as associate head coach. Evans joined the program as an assistant coach ahead of the 2023-24 season before being promoted to associate head coach prior to the 2024-25 campaign.
In 2025-26, Evans helped guide the Red Wolves to a 27-10 overall record and 14-4 mark in Sun Belt play, matching the program record for wins in a season. A-State advanced to the WNIT Fab 4 for the first time in program history and set program records with 386 made 3-pointers, 1,285 attempts, 532 steals and 972 turnovers forced.
Zyion Shannon earned First Team All-Sun Belt and All-Sun Belt Defensive Team honors, Crislyn Rose was named Second Team All-Sun Belt and Mimi McCollister became the first player in program history to earn Sun Belt Sixth Woman of the Year honors.
Evans also played a key role in A-State’s historic 2024-25 campaign, helping the Red Wolves to a 21-11 overall record and 15-3 mark in conference play. A-State won its first Sun Belt Conference Tournament championship and earned the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance while leading the nation in 3-pointers made and attempted per game. The Red Wolves produced two All-Sun Belt selections, two Sun Belt All-Tournament honorees and the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.
During his first season at A-State in 2023-24, Evans helped the Red Wolves rank second in the Sun Belt and 63rd nationally in turnovers while finishing fifth in the conference in scoring defense.
Before joining A-State, Evans spent two seasons at Marshall, serving one season as director of basketball operations before being elevated to assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the 2022-23 season.
Evans previously served as assistant coach and director of player development at Notre Dame College in 2020-21 and as the top assistant at Urbana University in 2019-20. His previous stops also include three seasons at Lourdes University and three years at his alma mater, Berea College, where he helped recruit five All-Americans and a conference Newcomer of the Year.
Evans also served as head coach of the Kentucky Premier Women’s AAU team in 2015-16, helping two student-athletes earn Division I scholarships.
