Andre Owens

Biography

Andre Owens begins his first season as Assistant Coach on South Main. This past season at SMU, he helped lead the Mustangs to a 20-13 record, including an 11-7 in the American Athletic Conference and berth in the NIT. SMU saw a nine-game improvement in its overall record and more than doubled its win total in the conference this past season. Under his tutelage, SMU led the AAC in field goal percentage defense (.413), assists (15.7), rebounding margin (+5.1), offensive rebounds (14.5), and assist/turnover ratio (1.4), ranked second in rebounding (39.8), steals (8.4), and scoring margin (+8.0), and third in three-point field goal percentage defense (.317) and blocks (4.8). Following his first season on the Hilltop, which included a runner-up finish at the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, Owens helped bring in a transfer class ranked as high as No. 42 nationally and No. 2 in The American. In August of 2023, the Mustangs went on a 10-day trip to Spain, going 3-0 with games in Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona. Owens came to the Hilltop after three seasons as an assistant coach at Sam Houston (2019-2022). The Bearkats went 56-36 in three seasons, including a 37-17 conference record. The Bearkats were in the top four in the league standings each season. In 2021, Owens was named to the Dave Campbell’s Texas Basketball 40 under 40. He spent the previous three seasons as the head coach at Western Texas College in Snyder (2016-19). The Westerners went 50-38 under Owens. Western Tex