Steve Owens (baseball)

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Steve Owens
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head Coach
Team Bryant
Conference Northeast Conference
Biographical details
Born (1965-07-04) July 4, 1965
Sauquoit, New York
Playing career
Football
1983–1986

Baseball
1984–1987
St. Lawrence


St. Lawrence
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991
1992–1999
2000–2010
2011–Present		 Ithaca (Asst.)
Cortland
Le Moyne
Bryant
Head coaching record
Overall 108–61–1
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
ABCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year (2013)

Stephen "Steve" Owens (born July 3, 1965) is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Bryant Bulldogs baseball team. He has held that position since prior to the 2011 season.[1][2][3]

Owens played football and baseball at St. Lawrence Saints and was drafted in the 25th round of the 1987 MLB Draft. He played two seasons in the Chicago Cubs organization, reaching Class A. He then turned to caoching, serving as an assistant baseball and football coach at Ithaca Bombers. The following season, he earned a head coaching position with the Cortland Red Dragons baseball team, where he remained for eight seasons. He then coach at Le Moyne before becoming head coach at Bryant. In 2013, he led the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament and was recognized as the ABCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year.[1][4][5][6]

Head coaching record

This table depicts Owens' record as a head coach at the Division I level.

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Bryant (Northeast) (2011–present)
2011 Bryant 30–23 19–12 4th (9)[lower-alpha 1]
2012 Bryant 33–21 24–8 1st (9)[lower-alpha 2]
2013 Bryant 45–17–1 27–5 1st (9) NCAA Regional
Bryant: 108–61–1 70–25
Total: 108–61–1

      National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion
      Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

  1. ↑ Bryant was ineligible for postseason play as they were in transition to Division I.
  2. ↑ Bryant was ineligible for postseason play as they were in transition to Division I.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Steve Owens". Bryan Bulldogs. Retrieved December 15, 2013. 
  2. ↑ Tom Leo (July 15, 2010). "Le Moyne baseball coach, Steve Owens, resigns to take job at Bryant". The Post-Standard (Syracuse, New York). Retrieved December 15, 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Steve Owens, Head Baseball Coach". Le Moyne Dolphins. Retrieved December 15, 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Bryant's Steve Owens Named ABCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year". Northeast Conference. July 2, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2013. 
  5. ↑ "Sauquoit’s Owens taking Bryant to NCAA tourney". Utica Post-Dispatch (Utica, New York). May 29, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2013. 
  6. ↑ Jim Donaldson (May 27, 2013). "Baseball team’s success caps a great year for Bryant". Providence Journal (Providence, Rhode Island). Retrieved December 15, 2013. 

External links

Current head baseball coaches of the Northeast Conference
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