- Name
- Evan Settle
- Position
- Guard
- Class
- Senior
- Hometown (Last School)
- Crab Orchard, KY
- Ht
- 5'10"
- Seasons
- 1931-32, 1932-33, 1933-34
- Birthday
- October 13, 1912
Evan Settle was born Evan Evans Settle, Jr. on October 13, 1912 in Kentucky to Evan Evans Settle, Sr. and Eula Walker. Settle played for Kentucky from 1931-34 and was a member of Adolph Rupp’s first team.
Settle played basketball at Crab Orchard and Owenton high schools and led the Shelbyville High School boys’ basketball teams to more than a half-dozen state tournament appearances
Settle lettered at UK in 1933 and 1934. He also lettered in golf and baseball at UK and went on to coach those sports at Shelbyville High.
He turned down an offer from the Cincinnati Reds to play Class D baseball after graduating from UK in 1934, opting instead to coach basketball in Shelby County.
Mr. Settle’s coaching and teaching career was interrupted by a stint in the Army Air Corps. He served for five years retiring as major.
Settle coached Shelbyville High School Red Devils boys’ basketball teams to seven regional titles, and the school’s golf and baseball teams to three regional titles each. In addition to coaching, he taught algebra and physics at Shelbyville High during his 28-year career there. He retired in 1973.
Settle, an Owen County native, was inducted into the Dawahare’s Kentucky High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 2004.
Settle passed away on June 12, 2006 at the age of 93. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living University of Kentucky basketball letterman who played for legendary UK coach Adolph Rupp.
