Washington & Jefferson College Athletics

Evan Bonnaure enters his sixth season on the coaching staff for the men's basketball program. After serving as an Intern Assistant Coach for his first five seasons, Bonnaure earned a promotion to full-time Assistant Coach for the 2025-26 season. Bonnaure has helped W&J earn a PAC title and two title game appearances during this tenure with the Presidents. 

Bonnaure aided in the Presidents' run to the Presidents' Athletic Conference title game in 2024-25. The tenured assistant coach stepped up as the interim head coach on two occasions this season, winning both games during the season. Most notably, Bonnaure helped elevate W&J over their first ranked opponent victory since 2008-09 in an 84-73 victory over Carnegie Mellon.  

Bonnaure was influential in helping W&J claim the PAC regular season and tournament titles in the 2021-22 season. The Presidents tallied a program-record 24 wins and finished PAC play with a 16-2 record. The Presidents rattled off 12 consecutive road wins before falling to eventual national-runner up Elmhurst University in the 2022 NCAA Division III Tournament First Round. Both Kyran Mitchell and Nick Gearhart were named First Team All-PAC. Mitchell also earned All-Region honors from the NABC and D3hoops.com following the season. 
 
Bonnaure, a native of Western Pennsylvania, comes to Washington after spending the 2019-20 season as an Assistant Coach at Allegheny College, a fellow member of NCAA Division III. He helped Allegheny to an appearance in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Tournament and its best finish since the 2009-10 season.  
 
Prior to his time in Meadville, he spent two seasons as a graduate assistant coach for East Stroudsburg University. During his time at ESU, the Warriors qualified for a pair of NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Championships, which included a run to the 2018 Elite Eight. The Warriors claimed a pair of Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East titles and the 2018 PSAC Championship while amassing a 48-14 overall record during his time on the bench. 
 
Bonnaure competed collegiately for four seasons as a Division III men’s basketball student-athlete at La Roche. Bonnaure was a key contributor during his playing career at La Roche. He served as a team captain during his senior season in 2016-17 and helped the Redhawks reach 20 wins and the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) title game. He was an All-AMCC selection and named to the 2017 All-AMCC Tournament team after averaging 11.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists during his senior year. 
 
He completed a bachelor’s degree in history from La Roche and a master’s degree in exercise science from East Stroudsburg.