Former University of Kentucky basketball star Heshimu Evans has made a living playing the sport across the world. Like many before him, the skills and knowledge he possesses has brought him back to Central Kentucky.
He didn’t believe it would seventeen years ago.
“I had a friend of mine tell me that, ‘You know what, when you’re done you’re gonna definitely come back and live here,’” Evans said. “When he told me that I was like, ‘Yea, whatever, there’s no way I’m gonna come back.’ But look at me now.”
Evans, who was a critical bench player for UK’s 1998 national championship squad, is joining the girls’ basketball coaching staff at East Jessamine High School.