Baseball assistant coach Mike Evans is in his second season as the pitching coach at New Mexico State.

Before joining Ward's staff, Evans was the head coach at Bellevue University for 22 seasons. While at Bellevue, he tallied a 928-457-1 record and led the Bruins to 12 NAIA World Series appearances while earning a NAIA National Championship in 1995.

The Bruins were also NAIA World Series runners-up in 1997, while placing fourth in 1998, 2003 and 2007. Evans has the ability to turn good players into great players as he coached 12 All-Americans and has been named his conference's coach of the year nine times in his first 20 years. He was named NAIA National Coach of the Year in 1995.

Evans helped his team to seven MCAC (Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference) regular-season titles, 11 MCAC Tournament titles and 18 district/regional championships. His team was continuously successful as his school made nine appearances in the NAIA College World Series in 10 years from 1998-2008.

An Omaha, Neb., native, Evans started his career at Omaha Creighton Prep High School for eight years (1975-1982), winning seven state titles. He entered the collegiate coaching ranks as an assistant coach at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. The Huskers were ranked as high as No. 4 nationally during the 1985 season and his pitching staff finished second nationally in ERA.

He is a 1975 graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha and earned a bachelor's degree in education, while earning a master's degree in education administration from Creighton in 1979.