UMass Lowell Athletics

John Owens joins the coaching staff with plenty of experience across all facets of the sport. He served as the head boys' basketball coach at the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia for four years where he led the team to its first championship since 2004 during the 2021-2022 season and three straight winning seasons. He has coached two all-conference players, the first players to receive the honor in five seasons. Owens is involved off the court as well as a co-creator and member of the Penn Charter Athletic Leadership Committee. Owens also served as the Director of Basketball Operations for Philly Triple Threat, where he supported the coaching staff with game-planning, team structuring and overall development.

Prior to his time with Philly Triple Threat and Penn Charter, he served as associate head coach for Abington Friends School where he led the team to a Friends League Championship in 2012-2013. Owens was also responsible for recruiting three professional players and 11 student athletes that played across the NCAA. He was also a Quaker Cup Champion in 2017 and the current founder of the Educated Basketball Camp.
 
From 2008-2012 he was an assistant coach at California University of Pennsylvania where he held many responsibilities such as offensive play-calling, running film sessions and assisting with student-athlete academic progress. He helped the team win the PSAC Championship in 2008 and was honored as part of the PSAC Coaching Staff of the Year that season. The team also made a Division II Final Four appearance in that season.
 
Owens played two seasons of collegiate basketball at Bloomsburg University before moving to California University of Pennsylvania for two seasons. The four-year starter and three-year captain was named the 2007 California University of PA Most Valuable Player and was a 1,000-point scorer. He also led the league in assists and steals twice.
  
Owens earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from California University of Pennsylvania in 2007 and completed his Master's in psychology in 2009.