Campbell University

Mike Evans, a former three-time All-American, enters his third season on the Campbell wrestling staff, and first as head assistant coach in 2019-20.

In 2018-19, Evans helped the Camels to both SoCon regular season and tournament championships, a first for the program. CU earned a share of the SoCon dual title with a 5-1 league mark to go along with a 7-1 overall dual record, both program bests.

Campbell sent a school record six to the NCAA Championships in 2019. Eight total Camels earned spots on the podium at the SoCon Championships, with all 10 wrestling for medals.

During the season, CU earned its first ever top-25 national ranking. The Camels also fashioned a 10th place finish at the prestigious Midlands Championships, an all-time best for the program.

Additionally, Campbell took National Wresting Coaches Association Division I Academic Team honors for the third-straight year. The Camels finished 13th nationally in the standings with an outstanding 3.28 team GPA, posting a top-25 academic finish for the fifth time in program history.

Evans was promoted to assistant coach prior to the 2018-19 season after serving as volunteer assistant coach last year. Evans works alongside head coach Cary Kolat with team training and with the middleweight wrestlers.

In his first season in Buies Creek, the Camels boasted a top-three finish in the SoCon and ranked in the top-25 of the National Wresting Coaches Association Division I All-Academic team standings in 2017-18.

Four Camels made the individual NWCA All-Academic team, including Jere Heino, Austin Kraisser, Andrew Morgan and Quentin Perez, while five medaled at the 2018 SoCon Championships, highlighted by Jere Heino's title at heavyweight.

Evans came to Campbell after a stint as an assistant coach at Cal Poly under former head coach Brendan Buckley and current Campbell head assistant coach Scotti Sentes.

The Enola, Pa. native is a three-time NCAA Division I All-American at the University of Iowa, where he posted a 107-27 record in his four years of competition at the 174-pound weight class. He finished his career with a trio of runner-up finishes and one third place finish at the Big 10 Conference Championships. He also finished sixth in each of his three appearances at the NCAA Wrestling Championships.

In his prep career, Evans finished with at 165-8 overall mark at Blair Academy (N.J.) including a flawless 52-0 record in his senior year. He captured the prep state and national titles at the 189-pound weight class during his final year. Evans also won the Pennsylvania freestyle and Greco-Roman state championship three-times.