Chris Lowery

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Chris Lowery
Title	Head coach
College	Southern Illinois
Sport	Basketball
Born	July 7, 1972 (age 34)
Place of birth	Evansville, Indiana
Career Highlights
Overall	78-26
Championships
2005, 2007 Missouri Valley Conference Champs

Chris Lowery (born July 7, 1972 in Evansville, Indiana) is the men's basketball head coach at Southern Illinois University.

Contents 1 Playing and Coaching 2 Coaching record 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Playing and Coaching

Lowery played at Southern Illinois starting in 1990 and later became an assistant coach, eventually serving under Bruce Weber at SIU and moving with him to Illinois after the 2002-03 season. On April 9, 2004, Lowery was named the head coach of SIU's men's basketball team after head coach Matt Painter left to become an associate head coach-in-waiting to Gene Keady at Purdue.

On March 1, 2007, Lowery was named Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year after leading SIU to a 25-5 regular season record. A highlight win for the season was when they beat highly ranked Butler on the road. The Salukis received a number 4 seed in the 2007 NCAA Tournament, the highest for any Valley team since Indiana State received a 1-seed in 1979.

On April 2, 2007, Lowery signed a seven-year contract extension.^[1] The Southern Illinois University will pay him $750,000 annually.

[edit] Coaching record

School	Season	Record (Conference)	Conference Finish	Postseason
Southern Illinois	2006-07	29-7 (15-3)	1st (Missouri Valley)	Sweet 16
Southern Illinois	2005-06	22-11 (12-6)	2nd (T) (Missouri Valley)	Missouri Valley Tournament Champs, NCAA first round
Southern Illinois	2004-05	27-8 (15-3)	1st (Missouri Valley)	NCAA second round

[edit] References

1. ^ So. Illinois coach Lowery agrees to 7-year deal

[edit] External links

• Official SIU Salukis bio