Owens joins Barton basketball staff
The Indiana flavor on the Barton County Community College basketball coaching staff continues with the hiring of Jack Owens as an assistant coach. Owens replaces Shane Hawkins, who left last month to be an assistant at Southwestern Illinois.
Owens joins Barton basketball staff
The Indiana flavor on the Barton County Community College basketball coaching staff continues with the hiring of Jack Owens as an assistant coach. Owens replaces Shane Hawkins, who left last month to be an assistant at Southwestern Illinois.
Owens joins head coach Ryan Wolf and assistant coach Jon Stuckey as Indiana natives on the Cougar bench. Owens is originally from Indianapolis. He spent last season at Howard College in Big Spring, Texas.
"I'm thrilled to be here," Owens said. "I really look forward to working under Coach Wolf and Coach Stuckey."
Owens started the year as the assistant for the Hawks, but took over as the interim coach late in the season, guiding Howard to a 7-3 mark during that time. The Hawks were 14-14 overall. Owens played collegiately at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. He was named All-Ohio Valley his senior season, leading the conference in assists at 5.8 per contest. He also scored 12 points a game. As a junior, Owens scored 13 points a contest and dished out 5.6 assists. Owens played for Coach Wolf for one season at Howard. During his sophomore season in 1996-97 Owens played for the Hawks while Wolf was an assistant coach.
Owens was a two-sport star in high school while attending George Washington High School in Indianapolis. Owens was an all-state selection in basketball his senior season and all-state in football both his junior and senior years as a defensive back. His senior season Owens had 12 interceptions to set an Indiana state record.
Wolf said getting Owens on the bench would be beneficial to the Cougars.
"Jack has a good knowledge of the game and will help us tremendously," Coach Wolf said. "He's another Indiana guy, so he has to be pretty good."
The Owens File
Head Coaching Record
2001 Howard College 7-3 (Owens took over on an interim basis)
Assistant Coaching Record
2000-01 Howard College 7-11 (prior to taking over as head coach)
1999-2000 Eastern Illinois University 18-11 (student assistant)
Collegiate Playing Career
1997-1999 Eastern Illinois University
Ohio Valley All-Conference 1999
Led the Ohio Valley in assists 1999
Second in the Ohio Valley in assists 1998
1996-97 Howard College
1995-96 Murray State University