Travers Evans enters his fifth season guiding the Lady Mariner Soccer program. The 2010 Lady Mariners suffered several key injuries during the course of the year, including season ending injuries to their top two scorers in the first conference weekend of the season.  Two players were honored by the conference at the end of the season with both Alexis Bennett and Jess Stahl collecting second team honors.  The Lady Mariners continued their strong work in the classroom collecting a third consecutive Team Academic Award from the NSCAA. 

In 2009 the Lady Mariners tied a school record for victories with a 10-7-1 record, qualified for the conference tournament for the tenth straight season, and advanced to the conference semifinals. Evans coached four players who received conference recognition at the end of the year.  Katie Hutchinson and Diana Manatt-Rogers were first team all conference selections, while Megan Russell was selected to the second team.  Freshman Callie Thompson was chosen as the NAC Rookie of the year.  In addition the 2009 team was awarded the Team Academic Award by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America for the second consecutive year.  His 2008 squad qualified for the conference tournament for the ninth consecutive year, before bowing out in the quarterfinal round. Coach Evans coached three NAC all-conference players in 2008 including Katie Hutchinson, Diana Manatt-Rogers, and Megan Russell.

Prior to coming to MMA, Coach Evans spent 11 years at the University of Maine. He lead his 2003 men's soccer team to their first post season appearance since 1993, and the most wins in almost a decade. For his efforts that season he was named the America East conference Coach of the Year. Prior to being hired as the head men's soccer coach, Evans served as the Assistant Director of Soccer Operations for one season and served as the Assistant Men's Soccer Coach for three seasons.

Evans has been very active in the youth soccer scene in Maine as well. He is the co-founder, former president, and current coach in the Blackbear United Football Club. Blackbear United is a youth soccer program that services approximately 300 players in the greater Bangor area. He also served as a coach in the Olympic Development program in Maine for five seasons, most recently coaching the 1987 boys. Evans has also served as a guest lecturer at the Maine AGM in both 1998 and 2006.  Coach Evans has also taken both his National and Advanced National Coaching Diploma Courses with the NSCAA.


Prior to the beginning of his coaching career Evans played collegiately at Northeastern University. Evans played for New Hampshire coaching legend Jim Tufts at Exeter High School for two seasons, and for two seasons under the tutelage of longtime Portland High School coach Rocco Frenzilli. He was a member of the New Hampshire Olympic Development Program, and was named to the Foster's Daily Democrat dream team in 1989. Evans earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Biology from the University of Maine in 1997.

Coach Evans lives in Castine with his wife Johanna and their three children, son Riley 9, and daughters Taylor 7, and Acadia 4.