Louis Rowe (born December 26, 1972) is an American basketball coach who most recently was the head coach of his alma mater, James Madison University,[1] being introduced as the head coach on March 31, 2016. Rowe had been an assistant at James Madison, FIU, and Bowling Green. He played at James Madison from 1993 to 1995 after transferring from Florida. He ranks fifth on James Madison's career scoring average list.[1] After college, he played professionally in Europe (Go Pass Pepinster, Antwerp Giants, Melco Ieper, Spirou Charleroi and Roanne) before turning his attention to coaching.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant Coach |
| Team | Oregon |
| Conference | Big 10 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | December 26, 1972 |
| Playing career | |
| 1990–1992 | Florida |
| 1993–1995 | James Madison |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2007–2010 | James Madison (grad. assistant) |
| 2010–2012 | James Madison (assistant) |
| 2012–2015 | FIU (assistant) |
| 2015–2016 | Bowling Green (assistant) |
| 2016–2020 | James Madison |
| 2021–2023 | South Florida (assistant) |
| 2023–present | Oregon (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 43–85 (.336) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| First-team All-CAA (1995) | |
Rowe and James Madison University agreed to part ways on March 9, 2020. He compiled a 43–85 record in four seasons.[2]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Madison Dukes (Colonial Athletic Association) (2016–2020) | |||||||||
| 2016–17 | James Madison | 10–23 | 7–11 | T–7th | |||||
| 2017–18 | James Madison | 10–22 | 6–12 | T–7th | |||||
| 2018–19 | James Madison | 14–19 | 6–12 | T–8th | |||||
| 2019–20 | James Madison | 9–21 | 2–16 | 10th | |||||
| James Madison: | 43–85 (.336) | 21–51 (.292) | |||||||
| Total: | 43–85 (.336) | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Louis Rowe Named Men's Basketball Head Coach". www.jmusports.com. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
- ^ "James Madison parts ways with Louis Rowe after 4 seasons". ESPN. Associated Press. March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.