Abby Owings

Biography

Abby Owings completed her third season with the program in 2025-26 and her first as Director of Scouting and Analytics / Assistant Coach after being promoted to the role ahead of the season. She previously served two seasons as Director of Operations / Assistant Coach. Owings is a two-time WBCA Thirty Under 30 selection (2025, 2022). The WBCA Thirty Under 30 program was created to recognize 30 up-and-coming women's basketball coaches aged 30 and under at all levels of the game. In 2024-25, Owings helped lead the team to its best winning percentage since 2019-20, including UC's highest non-conference winning percentage (.800, 8-2) since 2005-06 and its most conference victories (7) since 2019-20. Among her many contributions, Owings' scout played a crucial role in one of UC's most notable conference wins — a victory over Colorado. Owings most recently served as an assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at Eastern Kentucky from 2021-23. She assisted the Colonels to a 33-30 record, including a 22-8 home mark, and orchestrated recruiting efforts in their transition to the ASUN conference. Prior to her latest stint, Owings served in the same role at Bellarmine for its transition to Division I basketball in the 2020-21 season. She spent the 2019-20 season at Shawnee State, where she assisted the Bears to a 29-4 record and a Mid-South Conference Tournament title. She was instrumental in the development of All-Conference Player of the Year Bailey Cummins and Brandie Snow, who were bo