Thursday, April 22, 2004

LAFAYETTE – On Thursday, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette named assistant men’s basketball coach Robert Lee interim head men’s basketball coach effective immediately.
Athletics Director Nelson Schexnayder announced that the University will begin a full-scale search for a new head coach following the announcement of former head coach Jessie Evans as the new head coach at the University of San Francisco.

Last season, the Cajuns finished 20-9, winning the Sun Belt Conference regular season and tournament championship. UL made its eighth NCAA appearance and will return eight letter winners and two starters from a year ago.

Evans guided the Cajuns to a 132-81 record in seven years as the boss of the Ragin' Cajuns which included two trips to the NCAA tournament and two NIT berths. His teams won 20-plus games four times and were an impressive 77-32 in Sun Belt Conference play.

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