Mike Evans’ basketball life goes beyond the field: how the 49ers WR shows up as dad, coach, and Bay Area fan

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Mike Evans has built a parallel basketball routine that runs through his role as a father and a coach, not just his calendar as an NFL player.

According to a feature from the team, Evans has coached his daughter’s Amateur Athletic Union basketball team over the past few seasons, switching his time between the Bay Area and Texas during the offseason while staying involved with practices and games for the group.

Evans has said coaching is hard work with 14-year-olds, but he framed it as a chance to teach life lessons and keep the experience fun for the players, drawing on his own memories from competing in AAU basketball.

The team report also points to Evans’ basketball background at Ball High School in Galveston, where he played three seasons of varsity basketball and, as compiled by MaxPreps, averaged 18.7 points per game as a senior.

Evans has continued to connect his two worlds in the Bay Area, sitting courtside at Chase Center for Game 2 of the Golden State Valkyries playoff series against the Las Vegas Aces on Oct. 7, bringing his daughter and fellow 49ers wide receivers Deebo Samuel Sr. and Demarcus Robinson.

He has also mixed NFL game-week visibility with NBA fandom, arriving in a Steph Curry Warriors jersey, No. 30, for the Oct. 19 Monday Night Football matchup against the Washington Commanders, and later appearing with his daughter at a Golden State Warriors game on Nov. 5 where they were shown on the big screen.