Freddie Owens enters his third season in 2022-23 as an assistant coach after joining Coach Ryan's staff from Loyola, Maryland where he spent the 2019-20 season as an assistant coach. Owens owns over 15 years of coaching experience. Owens was a two-year starter and four-year letter winner at Wisconsin where he was co-captain of the Badgers’ 2002 and 2003 Big Ten regular-season and 2004 Big Ten Tournament championship teams.
In his four seasons as an assistant coach and defensive coordinator at Holy Cross, the Crusaders finished in the top two of the Patriot League in scoring defense in each of the last three seasons by giving up an average of just 66.4 points per game. During the 2015-2016 season, he helped Holy Cross to their first Patriot League Tournament Championship title and NCAA Tournament appearance since 2007, while also winning their first NCAA Tournament game since 1953.
During his time at Oregon State in 2013-2014, he helped the Beavers rank third in the Pac-12 Conference in scoring offense, averaging 75.8 points per game. Oregon State also secured a spot in the post-season CBI Tournament and scored conference wins over four NCAA Tournament teams by beating UCLA, Oregon, Stanford, and Arizona State.
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Prior to Oregon State, Owens was an assistant coach at Montana from 2009 to 2013, where he helped the Grizzlies win two Big Sky Conference regular-season championships in 2012 and 2013 and three Big Sky Tournament titles in 2010, 2012, and 2013. The Grizzlies advanced to the NCAA Tournament three times and recorded four-straight 20-plus win seasons.
During his time assisting on the sidelines in Missoula, Montana, the Grizzlies amassed a 93-33 overall record and went 56-12 in the Big Sky conference, including a 38-2 conference record over two years. While at Montana, he was instrumental in the development of Will Cherry and Kareem Jamar. Cherry was a three-time All-Big Sky First Team member and two-time Defensive Player of the Year in 2012 and 2013. Jamar was named the Most Valuable Player of the Big Sky Conference Tournament in 2012 and conference Player of the Year in 2013.
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In 2008-2009, Owens served as a graduate assistant at Iowa State University under Greg McDermott, and prior to his time with the Cyclones, he was an assistant coach at Adams State College where the Grizzlies finished with an 18-10 overall record and ranked in the Top-10 of NCAA Division II regional rankings during the 2007-2008 season.
In 2016, he founded the Milwaukee Coaches Association (MCA), a group that consists of over 500 members and hosts annual basketball clinics in his hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The purpose of the MCA is to serve as a platform for coaches to come together and exchange ideas as it relates to becoming better coaches and mentors to their student-athletes. Each year the MCA clinic draws collegiate and professional coaches from all over the country as guest speakers.
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Owens, a Milwaukee native, attended Milwaukee’s Washington High School where his team finished as state runner-up in 1996 and 2000. He received his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a master’s degree in Higher Education from Iowa State University.
FREDDIE OWENS COACHING HISTORY
2020-present: Assistant Coach, Green Bay
2019-20: Assistant Coach, Loyola University Maryland
2015-19: Assistant Coach, College of the Holy Cross
2014-15: Assistant Coach, Utah Valley State University
2013-14: Assistant Coach, Oregon State University
2009-13: Assistant Coach, University of Montana
2008-09: Graduate Assistant Coach, Iowa State University
2007-08: Assistant Coach, Adams State College
2005-06: Student Assistant Coach, University of Wisconsin
