Introduction
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.
Owens played football and baseball at St. Lawrence 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 coaching, 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 coached 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.
Owens has won nine conference Coach of the Year Awards. At Cortland, he was named SUNYAC Coach of the Year in 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1998; at Le Moyne, MAAC Coach of the Year in 2004 and 2006; and at Bryant, NEC Coach of the Year in 2012, 2013, and 2014.
Head coaching record
This table depicts Owens' record as a NCAA head coach.
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cortland (SUNYAC (DIII)) (1992–1999) | |||||||||
| 1992 | Cortland | 25–16 | 1st (East) | SUNYAC Tournament | |||||
| 1993 | Cortland | 21–14 | 1st (East) | NCAA Regional | |||||
| 1994 | Cortland | 32–7 | 1st (East) | NCAA Regional | |||||
| 1995 | Cortland | 30–13 | 1st (East) | College World Series | |||||
| 1996 | Cortland | 30–7 | 1st (East) | NCAA Regional | |||||
| 1997 | Cortland | 31–10 | 1st (East) | College World Series | |||||
| 1998 | Cortland | 40–5 | 1st | College World Series | |||||
| 1999 | Cortland | 36–10 | 1st | College World Series | |||||
| Cortland: | 245–82–1 | ||||||||
| Le Moyne (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (2000–2007) | |||||||||
| 2000 | Le Moyne | 32–15 | 18–7 | 2nd | MAAC Tournament | ||||
| 2001 | Le Moyne | 29–20 | 13–8 | 4th | MAAC Tournament | ||||
| 2002 | Le Moyne | 30–18 | 19–7 | 2nd | MAAC Tournament | ||||
| 2003 | Le Moyne | 33–17 | 22–3 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2004 | Le Moyne | 36–21 | 24–3 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2005 | Le Moyne | 25–22 | 14–11 | 5th | |||||
| 2006 | Le Moyne | 38–14 | 21–5 | 1st | MAAC Tournament | ||||
| 2007 | Le Moyne | 34–19 | 22–3 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| Le Moyne (Independent (DI)) (2008–2010) | |||||||||
| 2008 | Le Moyne | 33–21 | |||||||
| 2009 | Le Moyne | 24–23 | |||||||
| 2010 | Le Moyne | 28–27 | |||||||
| Le Moyne: | 342–217 | 153–47 | |||||||
| Bryant (Northeast) (2011–present) | |||||||||
| 2011 | Bryant | 30–23 | 19–12 | 4th (9) | |||||
| 2012 | Bryant | 33–21 | 24–8 | 1st (9) | |||||
| 2013 | Bryant | 45–17–1 | 27–5 | 1st (9) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| 2014 | Bryant | 42–16 | 19–5 | 1st (7) | NCAA Regional | ||||
| Bryant: | 150–77–1 | 89–30 | |||||||
| Total: | 737–376–1 | ||||||||
| National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||