Lee Owens | |
Birth Date: | 16 July 1956 |
Coach Years1: | 1977 |
Coach Team1: | Waynesfield-Goshen HS (OH) (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 1978–1980 |
Coach Team2: | Ashland Crestview HS (OH) (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1981–1982 |
Coach Team3: | Ashland Crestview HS (OH) |
Coach Years4: | 1983–1986 |
Coach Team4: | Galion HS (OH) |
Coach Years5: | 1987 |
Coach Team5: | Lancaster HS (OH) |
Coach Years6: | 1988–1991 |
Coach Team6: | Massillon Washington HS (OH) |
Coach Years7: | 1992–1994 |
Coach Team7: | Ohio State (TE/OT) |
Coach Years8: | 1995–2003 |
Coach Team8: | Akron |
Coach Years9: | 2004–2022 |
Coach Team9: | Ashland |
Overall Record: | 177–122 (college) 89–32–6 (high school) |
Tournament Record: | 3–6 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
Championships: | 1 MAC East Division (2000) 1 GLIAC (2017) 3 GLIAC South Division (2012, 2015–2016) 1 GMAC (2022) |
Awards: | 4× GLIAC Coach of the Year (2005, 2012, 2015, 2017) |
Lee Owens (born July 17, 1956) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Akron from 1995 to 2003 and Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio from 2004 to 2022, compiled a career college football coaching record of 177–122. Between 1981 and 1991, he was the head football coach at four high schools in Ohio and then an assistant coach at Ohio State University from 1992 to 1994. Owens directed the Galion Tigers to the D-II Ohio State Championship in 1985. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Bluffton College in 1977.