Chris Lowery (born July 7, 1972)
Current position: Assistant men’s basketball coach
Current team: Northwestern Wildcats (Head coach: Chris Collins)
Current conference: Big Ten Conference
Teams coached: Southern Illinois Salukis
Southern Illinois record: 145-116 (.556)
Overall record: 145-116 (.556)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (2005, 2006, 2007)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (2007)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2008)
- Missouri Valley Regular Season Champion: 2 (2005, 2007)
- Missouri Valley Tournament Champion: 1 (2006)
Awards:
- Missouri Valley Coach of the Year: 2 (2005, 2007)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2022-present | Northwestern (asst) |
| 2012-2022 | Kansas State (assoc. HC) |
| 2004-2012 | Southern Illinois |
| 2003-2004 | Illinois (asst) |
| 2001-2003 | Southern Illinois (asst) |
| 2000-2001 | Southeast Missouri State (asst) |
| 1997-2000 | Missouri Southern (asst) |
| 1995-1997 | Rend Lake College (asst) |
Chris Lowery Facts
- Christopher Michael Lowery
- Born July 7, 1972
- Hometown: Evansville, Indiana
- Alma Mater: Southern Illinois University (BA, 1994)
- Grew up in Evansville, IN where he starred on the basketball court at Harrison High School
- Went on to play at Southern Illinois for long-time Salukis’ head coach Rich Herrin
- Started coaching career with stints as an assistant at Rend Lake College (IL) and D-III Missouri Southern
- Spent one season on Gary Garner‘s staff at SE Missouri State before joining Bruce Weber‘s staff at alma mater SIU in 2001
- Stayed with Weber for three seasons, including Weber’s first as head coach at Illinois, before returning to Carbondale in 2004 as HC
- In eight seasons as SIU head coach, going to three-straight NCAA Tournaments to start his tenure which included a trip to the Sweet Sixteen in 2007
- Twice named Missouri Valley COY and won two league titles and the 2006 MVC Tournament
- Went 145-116 overall but was fired in March 2012 after a disappointing 8-23 season
- Hired a month later to rejoin Weber, this time as the associate head coach at Kansas State
- Spent the next ten seasons at K-State, where he was part of five NCAA Tournaments and two Big 12 titles
- Was briefly a special assistant on Dana Ford‘s staff for a few months in the 2022 offseason but then was hired in August as an an assistant at Northwestern and head coach Chris Collins
Chris Lowery Coaching Tree
- Lance Irvin (Chicago State)
- Brad Korn (Southeast Missouri State)
- Bryan Mullins (Southern Illinois)
- Jack Owens (Miami OH)
- Anthony Stewart (Tennessee-Martin)
