Football Boston University Overall 46–32 1911–1914 Beloit Name Dana Evans | 1917–1919 Indiana Role Basketball Coach 1921–1922 Northwestern Alma mater Boston University | |
Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball Born May 19, 1874
Massachusetts ( 1874-05-19 ) Died November 28, 1924, Evanston, Illinois, United States | ||
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Dana M. Evans (May 19, 1874 – November 28, 1924) was an American athlete, coach and athletics administrator. He played football and baseball at Boston University. 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. 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. He suffered a nervous breakdown in September 1924 and died of a heart attack in November 1924.