The 2025-26 campaign will mark the second season with Jansen on staff with the Skyhawks. 

Jansen faced quite the challenge in his first season with the program: rebuild a new roster around a trio of redshirts while staying competitive in a challenging Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The Skyhawks faced the test head-on and maintained success in Durango. Jansen helped guide a full-court press that averaged 12.5 steals, 19.35 turnovers forced, and a +6.9 turnover margin, marks that rank second, sixth, and seventh across all of NCAA Division II. In addition, the Skyhawks dominated the RMAC, forcing 19.8 turnovers, grabbing 13.25 steals, and boasting a +8.6 turnover margin in conference play. 

Offensively, Fort Lewis scored the third-most points per game (79.1) in the RMAC with the league's fourth-best scoring margin (+5.4). The Skyhawks also battled to a pair of signature wins on the road over No. 23/25 MSU Denver, 81-74, and at home over south-central region powerhouse No. 8/4 West Texas A&M, 76-69. The season came to a close in the semifinals of the conference tournament, but not before the Skyhawks went on the road and dominated Western Slope rival Colorado Mesa 89-65 in the opening round up in Grand Junction, Colo. 

At the end of the season, three Skyhawks were tabbed with All-RMAC honors. Fifth-year guard Biko Johnson, who ranked second in the RMAC in scoring (16.3 pts/game), led the trio with First-Team honors, while Chuol Deng and Tru Allen picked up Second-Team and Honorable Mention honors, respectively. Additionally, Fort Lewis continued to pack out Whalen Gymnasium, ranking 12th in Division II in attendance. 

Jansen makes his jump to the NCAA Division II level after serving as the head coach at Treasure Valley Community College over the past two seasons. Jansen guided the Chukars to a 23-7 overall record in 2023-24 and clinched the program's first Northwest Athletic Conference East Region Regular Season Championship since 2013-14 with a 13-1 mark in league play. In addition to being named the East Region Coach of the Year, Jansen's roster also boasted a trio of all-region talents including East Region Defensive Player of the Year Ashraf Barsham.
 
Prior to his time at Treasure Valley, Jansen also had coaching stints at the College of Idaho (2020-22), where he helped guide the Yotes to a program record 32 wins and an Elite Eight appearance in the NAIA National Tournament, Simpson University (2017-20), Ponderosa High School (2014-17), and Folsom High School (2011-12). As a player, Jansen competed for two seasons at Bethany University.
 
Jansen holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Sacramento State University (2014) and completed his Master's in Sports & Athletic Administration at Concordia University Irvine (2018). Jansen is joined in Durango by his wife Ashlee and their four kids.  

Jeff Evans returned to Fort Lewis and the Durango community in the summer of 2025, marking his first season on staff with head coach Jordan Mast and his second overall with the Skyhawks in the past three years. 

Evans brings 34 years of coaching experience to Durango, most recently spending the 2024-25 season with the Hilltoppers at St. Edward's University (NCAA Division II) down in Austin, Texas. While at SEU, the Hilltoppers compiled a 21-13 overall record and a 14-8 mark in Lone Star Conference play, including a signature 84-71 victory over No. 8 West Texas A&M to keep its postseason hopes alive. 

St. Edward's made a short run through the LSC Conference Tournament, besting St. Mary's in the opening round before a second-round exit at the hands of Dallas Baptist, who later made a run to the Division II Final Four. The Hilltoppers success was enough to earn the fifth overall seed in the NCAA South Central Region, marking the program's first return to the NCAA postseason since the 2019-20 season. In addition, St. Edward's boasted four All-LSC honorees, including Gavino Ramos (Second-Team), Lewis Rowe (Second-Team), Jamison Kay (Honorable Mention), Sam McKinney (Freshman-Team). 

Evans made his collegiate debut during his first stint with the Skyhawks in 2023-24. With Evans leading Fort Lewis' high-pressure full-court defense, the Skyhawks ran off to a 29-4 overall record and a 20-2 record in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play. After finishing one game shy of the regular season championship, FLC went on to defend its RMAC Tournament title on the home floor of Western Slope rival Colorado Mesa, downing the Mavericks 86-75 in the title game to win the program's second-straight RMAC Tournament Championship and the program's eighth overall. 

Fort Lewis made its second-straight appearance in the NCAA South Central Regional and captured an 86-72 win over Lubbock Christian in the opening round before narrowly falling to the Mavericks in the Round of 32. The Skyhawks set a program record in 2023-24, rising to No. 3 on the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Top 25 Poll. At the end of the campaign, four Skyhawks were named to the All-RMAC teams, including Obi Agbim (First-Team), Malik Whitaker (First-Team), Junior Garbrah (Second-Team), and Brayden Carter (Second-Team). In addition, Agbim was later named First-Team All-South Central Region by the NABC and Second-Team All-South Central Region by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association. 

Before joining the collegiate ranks, Evans spent 23 years as the Head Boys Basketball Coach at Palo Duro High School in Amarillo, Texas. An educator by trade, Evans also served Palo Duro as a 12^th-grade English teacher and Physical Education instructor.
 
Over his three decades of coaching, Evans has compiled a decorated resume. Boasting a 609-212 career record, Evans has tallied numerous coaching honors over the years and has even appeared in the Texas Coach Magazine and Chalk Talk Publications.

Owning a 546-156 record at Palo Duro, Evans has guided the Dons to a 220-50 district record, 49 playoff wins, 12 district championships, seven regional tournaments, five regional finals, and an appearance in the State Tournament Final Four.
 
Palo Duro has made 24 playoff appearances, including 22 consecutive trips from 2002-2023. Additionally, Evans led the Dons to a series of 84 consecutive home wins from 2002-2010 alongside nine consecutive District Championships from 2003-2011.
 
Evans' success spans beyond the high school level as he has demonstrated a tremendous ability to guide his players to the collegiate level. Over the years, Evans has lifted 58 to the collegiate basketball ranks including seven NCAA Division I signees, three of which went to the Big 12, three national scoring leaders, and even Fort Lewis' fifth-all-time leading scorer and the program's first player to earn National Association of Basketball Coaches and Division II Conference Commissioners Association All-American honors, Akuel Kot.
 
Before Palo Duro, Evans had coaching stops as the Head Boys Basketball Coach at Abilene High School in Abilene, Texas, from 1996-2000 and as an Assistant Varsity Basketball Coach at Coronado High School in Lubbock, Texas, from 1991-1996.
 
Evans earned his Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education with an English teaching field from Texas Tech University in 1990 and later completed his Master of Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia University Irvine.
 

Career Coaching Honors

• Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Coach of the Year, 2008
• Amarillo Chapter NAACP, Educator of the Year, 2008
• All-Star Team Coach, Elected by Texas High School Coaches Association, 2006
• Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Board of Directors, 2006
• Texas Association of Basketball Coaches All-Star Team Coach, 2005
• Selected to coach Texas vs Oklahoma Oil Bowl Game, 2005
• Amarillo Globe News, All-Sport Coach of the Year, 2005
• Amarillo Globe News Super Team Coach of the Year, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2019
• Amarillo Globe News, 5A-6A Coach of the Year, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011
• District 3-5A Coach of the Year, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019

Blaylock, Fort Lewis' first-ever two-time All-American and Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Player of the Year in the same season, returned to his Alma Mater as a volunteer assistant coach in the summer of 2024. The 2025-26 season will mark his second on staff for the Skyhawks. 

In 2024-25, Blaylock assisted a first-year coaching staff that maintained the program's winning ways, carrying a 19-12 overall record and a 12-8 mark in RMAC play, earning a trip back to the RMAC Tournament. The Skyhawks routed Western Slope rival Colorado Mesa 89-65 on the road in the opening round before falling to Regis 69-62 in the RMAC Tournament Semifinals. On a national scale, Fort Lewis ranked second in steals per game (12.5), sixth in turnovers forced per game (19.35), and seventh in turnover margin (+6.9) across all of NCAA Division II. Three Skyhawks later garnered All-RMAC honors, including Biko Johnson (First-Team), Chuol Deng (Second-Team), and Tru Allen (Honorable Mention).

Most notably, Blaylock is remembered by the Skyhawks faithful for knocking down a pair of free throws in the 2016 RMAC Tournament Championship at home in Whalen Gymnasium with :00.7 seconds to secure a 73-72 win over Colorado School of Mines thus capturing the program's third-ever sweep over the RMAC Regular Season and Conference Tournament Championships. 

A member of the Skyhawks from 2015-17, Blaylock was a two-time All-American in 2016-17 (National Association of Basketball Coaches & DII Bulletin), a three-time First-Team All-Region selection, a two-time First-Team All-RMAC selection, and was named the RMAC Player of the Year in 2016-17.

Blaylock ranks 16th in career scoring (1,266 points), 23rd in made field goals (396), tied for fourth in made three-pointers (199), 13th in made free-throws (275), 25th in assists (182), and ranks first in career points for Skyhawks to play just two seasons up on the rim.