Omar Lowery brings extensive coaching and recruiting knowledge as he joins Dave Wojcik[apos]s staff for the 2013-14 season.
Lowery spent the past four seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Cal Poly. He was responsible for all out of state recruiting, focusing on the Midwest and Texas, and involved heavily in recruiting the state of California. Lowery was also in charge of skill development for the post players.
The Cal Poly program had a new level of success while Lowery was with the program. In 2012-13, the Mustangs set a program record for Big West victories at 12 and finished 13-1 at Mott Gymnasium to set a school record for home wins. The team also produced the program[apos]s first win over a ranked opponent with a 70-68 victory at #11 UCLA.
Lowery also helped in the skill development of the post player at Cal Poly including Chris Eversley who was a 2012-13 All-Big West first team honoree. He also helped Brian Bennett who was 63rd among Division I players in field goal percentage at 52.4 (133-254) and Malik Love, Jr., who was the 2010-11 Big West Co-Freshman of the Year.
Prior his arrival at Cal Poly, Lowery spent three seasons at Texas State (2006-09) where he helped recruit seven players ranked among the top-40 Texas high school prospects. With those players, Texas State increased its win totals each of three seasons Lowery was on the bench.
Lowery was also instrumental in the academic success of the program at Texas State. He helped mentor 2009 Capital One/Southland Conference all-academic selections John Rybak and Ryan White.
As a graduate assistant at Eastern New Mexico University (2004-06), Lowery recruited and coached 2005 Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year Josh Jackson and 2006 All-Lone Star second team selection Justin Redman-Trotter. Lowery also served as a member of the physical education department.
As a collegiate player, Lowery competed for two seasons at South Plains College before transferring to Concordia University where he earned All-Lakeshore Conference first team honors. Concordia qualified for the 2000 NCAA Division III Tournament, the first time in school history.
A Wisconsin native, Lowery graduated from Concordia (Wisc.) in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physical Education. He received his master[apos]s degree in sports administration from Eastern New Mexico in 2006.
Lowery has a son, Miles.