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Lowery Takes Coaching Reigns
Pacific hires
former Portland
basketball star
Jason Lowery, a former Portland
athlete who has spent the last eight
years coaching at the NCAA Divi
sion III and NAIA levels, has been
named as Pacific University’s new
head men’s basketball coach.
Lowery comes to the Forest
Grove campus from Pomona-Pitzer Jason Lowery
Colleges inClaremont,Calif., where the winningest coach in Pacific his
he has served as an assistant coach tory, amassing 152 wins and lead
for the last four seasons. The 29- ing the Boxers to national tourna
year-old was selected during a ments on two different occasions.
Lowery inherits a program that
month-long search process.
“We had a good number of struggled in Schumann’s final sea
highly qualified candidates, which son with a young, short lineup and
made this a tough decision to make, the absence of key veterans at guard
but I am confident that we have and forward. The 2004-05 Boxers
hired the perfect coach in Jason clawed to a 5-20 overall record and
Lowery,” said Directorof Athletics seventh place finish in the North
Ken Schumann. "Jason has learned west Conference.
“(The NWC) has a good group
his craft in a very successful
Pomona-Pitzer program. His energy of coaches, a lot of good programs
and enthusiasm for the game and and has a great national reputa
the program here at Pacific makes tion,” Lowery said. “It will be a
challenge, but the pieces are there
him a strong fit.”
Lowery replaces Schumann, who to build a strong and successful
relinquished his coaching duties in program.”
Prior to coaching at Pomona-
May after being named Pacific's
Director of Athletics. During his Pitzer, Lowery served two seasons
13-year tenure, Schumann became as the head coach at Hope Interna
tional, a NAIA Division I school in
Fullerton, Calif., and started his
coaching career as an assistant
coach at Redlands. Professionally,
Lowery currently serves as the
NCAA Division III west region rep
resentative for the National Asso
ciation o f Basketball Coaches’ as
sistant coaches committee.
In addition to his coaching du
ties, Lowery has served as a physi
cal education instructor at both
Pomona-Pitzer and Hope Interna
tional. In 2001, Lowery founded the
Special Touch Basketball School,
which he continues to operate.
Lowery transitioned into coach
ing following an outstanding prep
and col lege playing career. Lowery
was a three-year captain and starter
for Pomona-Pitzer, and was part of
three SCIAC championship and
NCAA tournament teams. He was
an All-SCI AC selection in 1997 and
set the Sagehens’ career record for
games played. In his four seasons,
Pomona-Pitzer won 72 percent of
their games and 82 percent of their
conference contests.
Lowery played his prep basket
ball at Jesuit High School in Port
land from I990-1993,andwasatwo-
time All-Metro League selection.
He and his wife Melissa, also a
Portland native, have two daugh
ters, three-year-old Jayla and 11 -
month-old Ché.
R etires at
T op of G rpie
Lance Armstrong, of Austin,
Texas, pedals past the Arc de
Triomphe on his way to win
his seventh straight Tour de
France cycling race Sunday.
Armstong is now retired at
the ripe old age of 33.
(AP photo)
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