Louis Rowe - Men's Basketball Coach - Bowling Green State University Athletics

Louis Rowe

Title:
Assistant Men's Basketball Coach
Email:
lrowe@bgsu.edu
Phone:
419-372-7448

Louis Rowe joined BGSU and head coach Michael Huger’s coaching staff in 2015 after two seasons on the men’s basketball staff at Florida International University in Miami, Florida.

At BGSU, Coach Rowe will be in charge of developing and working with the perimeter players. He will also serve as the academics liaison for the student-athletes and Academic Services.

In his first year as an assistant coach in 2015-16 at BGSU, the Falcons posted 16 wins overall on the season. The Falcons also posted a season-high six-game winning streak from Nov. 22 to Dec. 8, which marked the longest winning streak for a BGSU team since the 2008-09 season.

BGSU picked up wins over No. 5 Kent State and No. 4 Central Michigan over the first two rounds of the 2016 MAC Men’s Basketball Championship Tournament to advance to the semifinals for the first time since 2009.

Working with the Falcon guards, Zack Denny (10.6) and Wes Alcegaire (10.2) each averaged over 10 points per game on the season, while two players in Ismail Ali (130) and David Joseph (100) each recorded 100 assists or more for the year. Denny, who was recognized as the College Sports Madness Player of the Week on Dec. 7, also led the team in rebounding and ranked 12th in the MAC overall with an average of 6.1 rebounds per game on the year.

Freshman guard Antwon Lillard, who averaged 8.0 points per game in MAC play on the season, finished the year with a 51.2 field goal percentage overall which ranked eighth in the MAC on the year.

On the sidelines at FIU, Rowe helped guide the Panthers to a total of 31 wins over a two year span from 2013-15, which included a big 72-61 victory over cross-state rival and 2012 Sweet Sixteen squad Florida Gulf Coast in 2013-14.

With the Panthers, Rowe coached Adrian Diaz who in 2014-15 was named to the Conference USA All-Defensive Team with a school record 99 blocks on the season. Diaz ranked sixth nationally on the year with 99 blocks and was seventh nationally in blocks per game with an average of 3.0 overall. In addition, both Tymell Murphy (2013-14) and Dennis Mavin (2014-15) both earned Second-Team All-Conference USA honors.

Rowe ventured to FIU after spending one season at Rider University. At Rider his duties included off-campus recruiting, post player development and game scouting. During the 2012-13 season, he helped guide the Broncos to a 19-15 record and a berth in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT).

Prior to his arrival at Rider, Rowe served his second of two stints as an assistant coach at James Madison University (2010-2012). In those two years, Rowe helped the Dukes to 33 wins and worked closely with JMU forward Denzel Bowles who set a single-season record with 290 rebounds for the Dukes and became the program's first Mid-Major All-American before beginning a professional career in Lithuania.

Rowe also offered assistance to the Dukes' program for the two years prior to his rehire while pursuing his graduate degree from JMU. He also spent one season as an assistant coach in 2007-08 under then JMU head coach Dean Keener.

Rowe played at JMU from 1993-95 and was a member of the Dukes' 1994 Colonial Athletic Association championship team. He earned All-CAA honors as a team captain in 1994-95 when he averaged 21.7 points per game, a figure that still ranks as JMU's fifth-best varsity season scoring mark.

A native of St. Petersburg, Fla., Rowe played for two seasons at the University of Florida before transferring to JMU and sitting out the 1992-93 season under NCAA transfer rules. Under then JMU coach "Lefty" Driesell, he started each of the Dukes' games during their 20-10 season in 1993-94 and their 16-13 campaign in 1994-95. He was a Second Team All-CAA selection in 1993-94 when he averaged 14.2 points and 5.0 rebounds per game and a First Team All-CAA choice in 1994-95 when he averaged 21.7 points and 5.7 rebounds.

JMU won the 1993-94 CAA Tournament before falling 64-62 to eventual Final Four participant Florida in the first round of NCAA play. The Dukes finished second in the 1994-95 CAA Tournament.

Rowe finished his two JMU seasons with 1,055 points (17.9 per game), 315 rebounds (5.3 per game), 177 assists (3.0 per game), 48 steals (0.8 per game) and 80 blocked shots (1.4 per game). He ranks fourth on JMU's career scoring average list and eighth on its career blocked shots list. He was a 52.2 percent career shooter from the field (409-of-783) and a 73.5 percent career shooter from the foul line (191-of-260), and he had 46 career three-point field goals.

Following his two seasons at JMU, Rowe played abroad from 1995-2004 and his professional career included time in Sweden, Germany, Belgium, France, Israel and Greece. He was a member of championship teams in Sweden (1995-96) and Belgium (1999-2000).

After his professional career, Rowe was an assistant basketball coach at Osceola (Fla.) High School in 2005-06 and completed his JMU degree in business administration during the summer of 2006. He was the head coach for one season at Dixie Hollis High School in St. Petersburg, Fla. while also teaching mathematics.

During his two seasons playing collegiately at Florida as a freshman and sophomore, Rowe appeared in 52 games with six starts. He scored 177 total points in 579 minutes to go along with 87 rebounds, 42 assists, 16 blocks and 27 steals.

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