Casey Owens (basketball)

Casey Owens
Los Angeles D-Fenders
Position Head coach
League NBA Development League
Personal information
Born c.1981
Nationality American
Career information
High school Las Cruces (Las Cruces, New Mexico)
College New Mexico State
Coaching career 2001–present
Career history
As coach:
2001–2004 Dakota Wizards (assistant)
2004–2005 Dakota Wizards
2007–2009 Colorado 14ers (assistant)
2008–2010 Shanghai Sharks (assistant)
2010–2011 Xinjiang Flying Tigers (assistant)
2011–2012 Fujian SBS
2012–2013 Guaiqueríes de Margarita
2013–2014 Los Angeles D-Fenders (assistant)
2015–present Los Angeles D-Fenders

Casey Owens is an American professional basketball coach. Since 2015, he has been head coach of the Los Angeles D-Fenders. He has worked in coaching, player development and scouting at the NBA, NBA D-League, Continental Basketball Association, and international levels.

Early life and education

Owens graduated from Las Cruces High School in Las Cruces, New Mexico. In 1994, he graduated from New Mexico State University with a bachelor's degree in English.[1] In 1996, he earned a master of fine arts in writing & poetics from Naropa University's Jack Kerouac School in Boulder, Colorado.[1][2][3]

Career

NBA D-League

In 2015, Owens was hired as head coach of the L.A. D-Fenders.[4] During the 2013-2014 season Casey Owens was the assistant coach of the L.A. D-Fenders.[4]

Casey Owens served an assistant coach for the Colorado 14ers of the NBA D-League from 2007–09, and as an NBA D-League scouting consultant for the Denver Nuggets and Milwaukee Bucks.[5]

International

Owens served as head coach of Guaiqueries in the Venezuelan Professional League for the 2012-13 season. Owens got his start in China as an assistant coach for the Shanghai Sharks in 2009-10. Owens left Shanghai after one season to take the reigns as head coach of Fujian SBS for the 2010-11 season. With Owens in charge, Fujian won the Kunming Summer Invitational and the Haiygun CBA Tournament in the same season. He was an assistant coach in the 2011-12 season as for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association, where the team reached the semi-finals.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Mark Rudi (10 August 2015). "NBA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE: Las Crucen Casey Owens named head coach of L.A. D-Fenders". USA Today. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  2. Lou Babiarz (17 January 2007). "Owens enjoying new job". Bismarck Tribune. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  3. "Mixing rhyme with reason". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 "L.A. D-Fenders hire Casey Owens as head coach". Los Angeles Times. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Los Angeles D-FendersLos Angeles D-Fenders name Casey Owens As Head Coach - Los Angeles D-Fenders". Los Angeles D-Fenders. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
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