| Chris Lowery | |
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Southern Illinois |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 7, 1972 |
| Place of birth | Evansville, Indiana, USA |
| Playing career | |
| 1990–1994 | Southern Illinois |
| Position(s) | Point guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1995–1997 1997–2000 2000–2001 2001–2003 2003–2004 2004–present |
Rend Lake CC (asst.) Missouri Southern (asst.) SE Missouri State (asst.) Southern Illinois (asst.) Illinois (asst.) Southern Illinois |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 124–73 (.644) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| MVC Tournament Championship (2006) MVC Regular Season Championship (2005, 2007) |
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| Awards | |
| MVC Coach of the Year (2005) | |
Chris Lowery (born July 7, 1972, in Evansville, Indiana) is an American college basketball coach and the current men's basketball head coach at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois.
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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 Matt Painter left to become an associate head coach/head coach designate to Gene Keady at Purdue University.
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 the highly-ranked Butler Bulldogs on the road. The Salukis received a number-four 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] SIU will pay him $750,000 annually.
On March 10, 2011, Chris Lowery received a vote of confidence from athletic director Mario Moccia at a joint press conference despite pressure from fans and alumni to fire him. Southern Illinois is coming off a season where it was 13-19 overall and 5-13 in the Missouri Valley. It was the Salukis' third consecutive losing season under Lowery.[2]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Southern Illinois (Missouri Valley Conference) (2004–present) | |||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Southern Illinois | 27–7 | 15–3 | 1st | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| 2005–2006 | Southern Illinois | 22–11 | 12–6 | T–2nd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2006–2007 | Southern Illinois | 29–7 | 15–3 | 1st | NCAA Sweet 16 | ||||
| 2007–2008 | Southern Illinois | 18–15 | 11–7 | 3rd | NIT Second Round | ||||
| 2008–2009 | Southern Illinois | 13–18 | 8–10 | 5th | |||||
| 2009–2010 | Southern Illinois | 15–15 | 6–12 | 9th | |||||
| 2010-2011 | Southern Illinois | 13-19 | 5-13 | 8th | |||||
| 2011-2012 | Southern Illinois | 1-3 | 0-0 | ||||||
| Southern Illinois: | 138–95 (.592) | 72–54 (.571) | |||||||
| Total: | 138–95 (.592) | ||||||||
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National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion |
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