Coach DNA
Playing style
direct
Style consistency
More consistent than 90% of multi-club coaches
Club record
League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.
Rotherham
Apr 2024 – Mar 2025 · 50 matches
1.20 points per game in League One / Championship (41 matches).
Rotherham with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.13 (193 matches, 6 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −20 below the league average under him, −67 under the others.
Most used
- H. Odoffin4,063' · Elo 1,930
- J. Powell3,745' · Elo 1,811
- R. James3,555' · Elo 1,796
- C. Humphreys3,457' · Elo 1,734
- S. Nombe3,223' · Elo 1,731
- J. Rafferty3,075' · Elo 1,642
- D. Phillips2,969' · Elo 1,629
- M. Wilks2,966' · Elo 1,769
- Z. Jules2,479' · Elo 1,710
- J. Clarke-Harris1,953' · Elo 1,623
Stevenage
Mar 2022 – Apr 2024 · 120 matches
1.67 points per game in League Two / League One (99 matches).
Stevenage with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.18 (193 matches, 5 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +44 above the league average under him, −42 under the others.
Most used
- C. Piergianni8,863' · Elo 1,780
- J. Roberts7,664' · Elo 1,725
- J. Reid7,563' · Elo 1,726
- L. James-Wildin7,139' · Elo 1,827
- D. Sweeney6,916' · Elo 1,704
- T. Vancooten6,788' · Elo 1,807
- T. Ashby-Hammond5,984' · Elo 1,684
- D. Butler4,213' · Elo 1,615
- L. Norris3,833' · Elo 1,425
- A. Gilbey3,739' · Elo 1,825
Gillingham
Aug 2019 – Jan 2022 · 129 matches
1.30 points per game in League One (105 matches).
Gillingham with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.14 (160 matches, 6 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −22 below the league average under him, −82 under the others.
Most used
- J. Tucker9,733' · Elo 1,723
- C. Ogilvie8,193' · Elo 1,839
- J. Bonham7,953' · Elo 1,869
- S. O'Keefe6,072' · Elo 1,245
- M. Ehmer6,055' · Elo 1,463
- R. Jackson5,787' · Elo 1,440
- V. Oliver5,671' · Elo 1,296
- K. Dempsey5,421' · Elo 1,758
- T. O'Connor5,119' · Elo 1,920
- Oliver Robert Lee4,911' · Elo 1,388
Peterborough
Mar 2018 – Jan 2019 · 46 matches
1.51 points per game in League One (41 matches).
Peterborough with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.58 (178 matches, 3 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +47 above the league average under him, +46 under the others.
Most used
- R. Tafazolli3,060' · Elo 1,712
- Joseph Ward2,970' · Elo 1,329
- R. Bennett2,790' · Elo 1,319
- A. Woodyard2,790' · Elo 1,411
- J. Naismith2,520' · Elo 1,482
- S. Dembélé2,520' · Elo 1,795
- A. Chapman2,430' · Elo 1,512
- M. Maddison2,340' · Elo 1,419
- M. Godden2,160' · Elo 1,823
- I. Toney1,980' · Elo 2,237
Mansfield Town
Aug 2017 – Feb 2018 · 39 matches
1.76 points per game in League Two (34 matches).
Mansfield Town with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.30 (122 matches, 4 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +42 above the league average under him, +46 under the others.
Most used
- C. Logan3,339' · Elo 1,188
- A. MacDonald2,876' · Elo 1,419
- K. Pearce2,799' · Elo 1,189
- D. Rose2,678' · Elo 1,481
- R. Bennett2,566' · Elo 1,319
- Unknown (20399)2,389' · Elo 1,330
- K. Hemmings2,322' · Elo 1,337
- C. Hamilton2,054' · Elo 1,856
- M. Benning1,984' · Elo 1,433
- H. White1,714' · Elo 1,459
Players under Stephen Evans
Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.
Rose most
- D. Rose+582
in 82 matches · Stevenage
- T. Ashby-Hammond+464
in 67 matches · Stevenage
- K. Pearce+424
in 31 matches · Mansfield Town
- R. Bennett+406
in 82 matches · Gillingham
- K. Smith+405
in 42 matches · Stevenage
Fell most
- J. Rafferty−159
in 36 matches · Rotherham
- S. Raggett−142
in 11 matches · Rotherham
- N. Thompson−124
in 29 matches · Stevenage
- C. Dawson−111
in 16 matches · Rotherham
- Z. Medley−86
in 18 matches · Gillingham
Opponents
Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite opponents
−72E. Hamilton1806
in 7 matches · Lincoln
−68S. Roughan1910
in 3 matches · Lincoln
−67P. O'Connor1864
in 3 matches · Lincoln
−67R. Wintle1898
in 4 matches · Cardiff
−65S. Clare1673
in 6 matches · Leyton Orient
Nemeses
+241T. Mullarkey1587
in 3 matches · Crawley Town
+166L. Woolfenden2072
in 7 matches · Ipswich
+133I. El Mizouni1819
in 7 matches · Leyton Orient
+132J. Pigott1430
in 10 matches · Leyton Orient
+124A. Hartridge1847
in 7 matches · Exeter City
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −57
Michael Skubala2003
in 4 matches · Lincoln
- −45
N. Jones1900
in 5 matches · Charlton
- −44
D. Moore1732
in 5 matches · Sheffield Wednesday
- −38
R. Wellens1803
in 7 matches · Leyton Orient
- −27
Sam Ricketts1406
in 4 matches · Shrewsbury
Nemesis coaches
- +82
G. Hodges1370
in 3 matches · AFC Wimbledon
- +60
Gareth Ainsworth1765
in 8 matches · Gillingham
- +58
Liam Manning1841
in 4 matches · Bristol City
- +54
Paul Lambert1492
in 5 matches · Ipswich
- +51
M. Taylor1644
in 5 matches · Exeter City
Playing style
How Stephen Evans's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)
Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.
Career average
One shape blending all 3 clubs (2016+).
The baseline — each polygon on the right shows how one club's style deviates from this.
+0.65style consistency across 3 clubs
More consistent than 90% of multi-club coaches.
A high score means the same playing style travels from club to club — well above the random-coach baseline (-0.01), so it's a signature, not the squads.
Gillingham117 matches
Stevenage113 matches
Rotherham49 matches