Sources: NSU's Evans to coach Florida International

COACH ANTHONY EVANS

NORFOLK, Virginia  -- Norfolk State basketball coach Anthony Evans will be named the new head basketball coach at Florida International University, said sources who asked not to be identified.

The Washington Post, quoting anonymous sources, also reported that Evans "is in line" to be the next Florida International coach.

Evans replaces Richard Pitino, who left Florida International to become head coach at Minnesota.

Evans, a Brooklyn native, has been at Norfolk State 10 years, six as the head coach. The past two seasons have been by far his most successful. His Spartans won the 2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament and then upset No. 2 seed Missouri in the NCAA tournament.

This past season, Norfolk State won the MEAC regular-season title with a 16-0 record and ended the regular season with 15 consecutive victories. The Spartans were upset in the first round of the MEAC tournament and lost to Virginia in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament.

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