Dana Evans

Dana McKean Evans (May 19, 1874 – November 28, 1924), commonly known as "Doc" Evans,[1] was an American athlete, coach and athletics administrator. He played football and baseball at Boston University.[2] For ten years, he directed the Denver Athletic Club's activities. In 1904, he accepted a position as wrestling, basketball and gymnastics coach at Cornell University.[3] He was the athletic director and head basketball coach at Beloit College from 1910 to 1914. He was the head basketball coach at Indiana University (1917–18 through 1918–19 seasons) and Northwestern University (1921–22 season). He compiled a career record of 46–32 in six seasons as a head basketball coach. He was also the head track coach at Indiana. He resigned from his position at Indiana in August 1919 to accept a position as the head of the department of physical education at Northwestern.[4] He suffered a nervous breakdown in September 1924 and died of a heart attack in November 1924.[3][5][6]

Dana Evans

Evans from The Arbutus, 1918
Biographical details
Born	(1874-05-19)May 19, 1874 Massachusetts
Died	November 28, 1924(1924-11-28) (aged 50) Evanston, Illinois
Alma mater	Boston University
Playing career
Football
?	Boston University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1910–1914	Beloit
1916	Beloit
Basketball
1911–1914	Beloit
1917–1919	Indiana
1921–1922	Northwestern
Baseball
1911–1912	Beloit
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1921–1924	Northwestern
Head coaching record
Overall	28–13–6 (football) 46–32 (basketball) 10–8 (baseball)