Former Hawkeye standout Joe Evans steps into coaching role at Drake
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[{'start': '0.480', 'end': '4.400', 'text': "Drake's spring game just got underway"}, {'start': '2.560', 'end': '6.319', 'text': 'here at Drake Stadium. And you may'}, {'start': '4.400', 'end': '8.240', 'text': 'notice a familiar face on the Bulldog'}, {'start': '6.319', 'end': '10.880', 'text': "sideline this fall, and that's former"}, {'start': '8.240', 'end': '12.800', 'text': "Hawkeye Joe Evans. Now, coaching wasn't"}, {'start': '10.880', 'end': '14.559', 'text': 'necessarily on his radar before this,'}, {'start': '12.800', 'end': '16.640', 'text': 'but considering he comes from a'}, {'start': '14.559', 'end': '19.600', 'text': 'successful family of coaches, it was a'}, {'start': '16.640', 'end': '21.760', 'text': 'natural fit. Just a couple of years ago,'}, {'start': '19.600', 'end': '26.119', 'text': 'Joe Evans was terrorizing quarterbacks'}, {'start': '21.760', 'end': '26.119', 'text': 'and wreaking havoc in the backfield.'}, {'start': '26.480', 'end': '32.239', 'text': "Now he's coaching up the Drake defensive"}, {'start': '28.560', 'end': '33.920', 'text': 'line to do the same.'}, {'start': '32.239', 'end': '36.079', 'text': 'I feel like I can relate to them because'}, {'start': '33.920', 'end': '39.840', 'text': 'I really just got out of college a'}, {'start': '36.079', 'end': '41.600', 'text': 'couple years ago. So um being able to um'}, {'start': '39.840', 'end': '43.600', 'text': 'relate to them in that way is pretty is'}, {'start': '41.600', 'end': '45.840', 'text': 'pretty special. Evans resume as a player'}, {'start': '43.600', 'end': '47.440', 'text': 'speaks for itself. He had a successful'}, {'start': '45.840', 'end': '49.760', 'text': 'career at Iowa where he went from a'}, {'start': '47.440', 'end': '52.719', 'text': 'walk-on to being a key piece of one of'}, {'start': '49.760', 'end': '54.559', 'text': 'the top defenses in the nation. He ranks'}, {'start': '52.719', 'end': '56.879', 'text': 'in the top five for most sacks in'}, {'start': '54.559', 'end': '59.359', 'text': 'program history, was an all Big 10'}, {'start': '56.879', 'end': '62.000', 'text': "selection, and a team captain. There's a"}, {'start': '59.359', 'end': '63.680', 'text': 'respect factor there, and I and I do'}, {'start': '62.000', 'end': '66.080', 'text': 'think some of it is because of what he'}, {'start': '63.680', 'end': '67.840', 'text': 'did as a player, uh, but also what what'}, {'start': '66.080', 'end': '70.560', 'text': 'he demands out here and the way he'}, {'start': '67.840', 'end': '73.200', 'text': 'coaches, the way he prepares himself for'}, {'start': '70.560', 'end': '74.799', 'text': 'meetings, uh, the way he recruits, all'}, {'start': '73.200', 'end': '77.040', 'text': 'those things. I think these guys are all'}, {'start': '74.799', 'end': '78.560', 'text': 'seeing that and, uh, you know, I think'}, {'start': '77.040', 'end': '81.040', 'text': "it's going to pay pretty big dividends"}, {'start': '78.560', 'end': '82.720', 'text': 'for us having having Joe on staff. After'}, {'start': '81.040', 'end': '84.720', 'text': 'a brief stent with the Baltimore Ravens,'}, {'start': '82.720', 'end': '86.640', 'text': 'Evans was at a crossroads in his career'}, {'start': '84.720', 'end': '89.360', 'text': 'and was trying to decide what his next'}, {'start': '86.640', 'end': '91.439', 'text': 'step would be. Then the opportunity to'}, {'start': '89.360', 'end': '93.200', 'text': 'coach at Drake came along. The first'}, {'start': '91.439', 'end': '95.439', 'text': 'year coach has learned from some of the'}, {'start': '93.200', 'end': '97.439', 'text': 'best coaches in the state. From his'}, {'start': '95.439', 'end': '100.880', 'text': 'grandpa to the coaches he played for at'}, {'start': '97.439', 'end': '102.640', 'text': 'Iowa and now Joe Woodley. My grandpa, he'}, {'start': '100.880', 'end': '104.960', 'text': 'was a legendary coach over at Mount'}, {'start': '102.640', 'end': '106.720', 'text': 'Pleasant. Um he actually had a team that'}, {'start': '104.960', 'end': '108.320', 'text': "was unscored upon and unbeaten. So it's"}, {'start': '106.720', 'end': '110.799', 'text': "really cool. And and the field's named"}, {'start': '108.320', 'end': '114.000', 'text': 'after him. and my dad was in coaching,'}, {'start': '110.799', 'end': '116.960', 'text': 'so I felt like the um step over to'}, {'start': '114.000', 'end': '119.600', 'text': 'coaching was was a lot easier um than I'}, {'start': '116.960', 'end': '122.000', 'text': 'expected um to be honest. And it really'}, {'start': '119.600', 'end': '123.840', 'text': 'does help to have um the mentors that I'}, {'start': '122.000', 'end': '126.159', 'text': 'had especially at Iowa with coach Coach'}, {'start': '123.840', 'end': '129.119', 'text': 'Bell, my defensive line coach, Coach'}, {'start': '126.159', 'end': '131.200', 'text': 'Wallace, Coach Neman, um Coach Parker,'}, {'start': '129.119', 'end': '132.800', 'text': 'Coach Ference really helped me out, too.'}, {'start': '131.200', 'end': '135.680', 'text': 'Even as a player, Evans displayed'}, {'start': '132.800', 'end': '137.680', 'text': 'qualities of a future coach. Now that he'}, {'start': '135.680', 'end': '140.239', 'text': "is one, Evans believes it's where he's"}, {'start': '137.680', 'end': '140.239', 'text': 'meant to be.'}, {'start': '141.920', 'end': '145.599', 'text': 'I asked Evans what advice he got from'}, {'start': '143.840', 'end': '147.760', 'text': 'his former head coach Kirk Ference and'}, {'start': '145.599', 'end': '149.920', 'text': 'he said it was just to be yourself and'}, {'start': '147.760', 'end': '151.680', 'text': 'help the young guys in any way you can.'}, {'start': '149.920', 'end': '154.959', 'text': 'Reporting live from Drake Stadium, Raina'}, {'start': '151.680', 'end': '154.959', 'text': 'Garcia, Local 5 Sports.'}]