Back on 10/14, I blogged that Omar Lowery was the leader for the vacant assistant spot at Sam Houston State (http://hoopdirt.com/blog/c3921a1/sam-houston-state-dirt/…). It was finally made official yesterday…
Omar Lowery has joined head coach Jason Hooten’s men’s basketball staff at Sam Houston State as an assistant coach.
Lowery served last season as an assistant at San Jose State after spending four years as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Cal Poly and three seasons at Texas State in San Marcos.
“We’re excited about Omar joining our staff,” Hooten said. “He brings eight years of NCAA Division I experience to our program and has a wide range of recruiting ties. He’s a really good coach and an even better person.”
Sam Houston State stands as the winningest program in the Southland Conference since 2000 and has posted more victories in the past 14 seasons than every Division I program in the state except the University of Texas.
At both San Jose State and Cal Poly, Lowery focused on out of state recruiting in the Midwest and Texas while also involved in recruiting the state of California. He was also in charge of skill development for the post players.
Cal Poly basketball saw a new level of success while Lowery was there, setting a program record for Big West victories at 12 and set a school season record for home wins. The team posted the program’s first win over a ranked opponent with a 70-68 victory at #11 UCLA.
Lowery also helped in the skill development of the post player at Cal Poly including Chris Eversley who was a 2012-13 All-Big West first team honoree. He tutored Brian Bennett who was 63rd among Division I players in field goal percentage at 52.4 (133-254) and Malik Love, Jr., who was the 2010-11 Big West Co-Freshman of the Year.
Prior his arrival at Cal Poly, Lowery spent three seasons at Texas State (2006-09) where he helped recruit seven players ranked among the top-40 Texas high school prospects. With those players, Texas State increased its win totals each of three seasons Lowery was on the bench.
Lowery was instrumental in the academic success of the program in San Marcos. He helped mentor 2009 Capital One/Southland Conference all-academic selections John Rybak and Ryan White.
As a graduate assistant at Eastern New Mexico University (2004-06), Lowery recruited and coached 2005 Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year Josh Jackson and 2006 All-Lone Star second team selection Justin Redman-Trotter. Lowery also served as a member of the physical education department.
As a collegiate player, Lowery competed for two seasons at South Plains College before transferring to Concordia University where he earned All-Lakeshore Conference first team honors. Concordia qualified for the 2000 NCAA Division III Tournament, the first time in school history.
A Wisconsin native, Lowery graduated from Concordia (Wisc.) in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physical Education. He received his master’s degree in sports administration from Eastern New Mexico in 2006.
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