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Larry Owens
Biographical details
Born	December 31, 1968 (age 55)
Playing career
1987	Bellarmine
1988	Vincennes
1989–1990	Armstrong State
1990	Pulaski Braves
Position(s)	Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994	Wabash Valley (asst)
1995	Missouri State (asst)
1996–1997	Louisville (PC)
1998–1999	Austin Peay (PC)
2000–2004	Memphis (PC)
2005	San Diego Surf Dawgs (PC)
2007–2010	Kannapolis Intimidators (PC)
2011–2013	Bristol White Sox (PC)
2014–2022	Bellarmine
Head coaching record
Overall	212–225
Tournaments	NCAA DI: 0–0; NCAA DII: 2–6

Lawrence W. Owens (born December 31, 1968) is an American baseball coach and former pitcher. Owens played college baseball at Bellarmine before transferring to Vincennes and Armstrong State and in Minor League Baseball (MiLB) for one season in 1990. He served as the head coach of the Bellarmine Knights (2014–2022).

Playing career

Owens attended Jeffersonville High School in Jeffersonville, Indiana, where he played for the school's baseball teams where he pitched. He then attended Bellarmine University in 1986 before transferring to Vincennes University and ending up at Armstrong State University. In 1988, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL).^[1] As a senior in 1990, Owens was named an honorable mention All-American.^[2] He drafted in the 27th round of the 1990 Major League Baseball draft by the Atlanta Braves.^[3]

Coaching career

In 1997, Owens returned to the CCBL as pitching coach of the Falmouth Commodores.^[4] After being the pitching coach for the San Diego Surf Dawgs, Owens joined the Boston Red Sox as an area scout in November, 2005.^[5]

On August 7, 2013, Owens was named the head baseball coach at Bellarmine University.^[6] Owens resigned from his position with the Knights following the conclusion of the 2022 season. He had a 212–225 record over nine seasons.^[7]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Bellarmine Knights (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (2014–2020)
2014	Bellarmine	19–31	10–26	8th (East)
2015	Bellarmine	28–24	20–16	3rd (East)	GLVC Tournament
2016	Bellarmine	25–26	15–11	3rd (East)	GLVC Tournament
2017	Bellarmine	34–21	20–8	2nd (East)	NCAA Midwest Regional
2018	Bellarmine	38–19	16–8	2nd (East)	NCAA Midwest Regional
2019	Bellarmine	34–21	20–13	7th	NCAA Midwest Regional
2020	Bellarmine	10–4	3–0		Season canceled due to COVID-19
Bellarmine:			104-82
Bellarmine Knights (ASUN_Conference) (2021–2022)
2021	Bellarmine	13–36	8–16	4th (North)	ASUN Tournament
2022	Bellarmine	11–43	8–22	5th (West)
Bellarmine:		212–225	16–38
Total:		212–225
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

^ P&L Promotions. "#52 - Larry Owens - Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox". tcdb.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
^ "AASU Baseball All-Americans". www.assu.prestosports.com. Armstrong State University. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
^ "Honkers Officials". Post Bulletin. June 8, 1994. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
^ "Larry Owens". bellarmine.edu. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
^ "Boston Red Sox sign San Diego Surf Dawgs Pitching Coach Larry Owens". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. November 11, 2005. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
^ John Spugnardi (August 7, 2013). "BU hires MLB coach as new baseball coach". www.catholicsportsnet.com. CatholicSportsNet.com, Inc. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
^ Andrew Chernoff (June 14, 2022). "Chris Dominguez named Bellarmine baseball head coach". www.wlky.com. Hearst Media. Retrieved June 14, 2022.