Owen comes to the Blue Hose family after spending the past season working with the safeties in the 2021 season at N.C. Central. He spent the spring of 2021 as a special teams analyst at Florida Atlantic. In 2020, he was a defensive graduate assistant at East Carolina.
He spent the two seasons prior to that as the Keiser university's defensive coordinator while also working as the special team's coordinator for one of those two seasons in Fort Lauderdale. He got his start in the coaching ranks from 2013-17 at Florida Tech working with the cornerback and wide receivers during his time with the Panthers.
Owen spent the 2021 season working with the safeties and also worked with the punt/punt return group at N.C. Central. The Eagles had their first winning season in four years in 2021 as Owen mentored All-MEAC safety Manny Abad and All-American punt returner Brandon Codrington. The Eagles led the MEAC and were fourth in the country in Yards/Punt Return with 16.6. NCCU also led the MEAC in net punting with an average of 1.5 yards/return. Owen was a part of a defense that ranked second in scoring defense with 22 ppg.
He worked the spring of 2021 as a special teams analyst with the Florida Atlantic Owls. Owen worked with the Owls special teams coordinator in practice planning, install and game planning, while also assisting the outside linebackers in the same duties.
In 2020, Owen spent time as a defensive graduate assistant at East Carolina working mainly with the safeties. He was responsible for the SAM and Nickel positions during individual drills and helped prepare different materials for the coaching staffs in practice and on gamedays.
He spent a pair of years working as the defensive coordinator at Keiser university. In the school's inaugural season the team went 6-4 with a defense consisting of 8-9 freshman each week. The defense ranked 22nd nationally allowing just 22 ppg and was also 22nd in total defense per game (338.2 yards/game). The Seahawks ranked 13th in the country in takeaways while checking in eighth in pass defense efficiency (100.8) and 17th in pass defense (167.3 yds/game). The defense had two all Mid-South selections along with one all-american and the freshman defensive player of the year.
In 2019, he also added special teams coordinator to his work at Keiser as the school went 9-0 with a division championship in the school's second football season. He had three all-conference choices with a defensive player of the year on a defense that was third in total pass defense. On the special teams side of the ball, Owen had the number two punt returner in the country averaging 17.1 yards per attempt.
Owen spent time at Florida Tech as the cornerbacks coach, wideouts coach and special teams coordinator over five years with the Panthers. In 2015 & 2016 Manny Abad was selected 1st Team all Gulf South. Florida Tech reached the 1st round of Playoffs in just its 4th year with an 8-3 record. During the 2016 season, the defense ranked 22nd in scoring defense with 20.0 points per game. In 2017 his special teams unit blocked five kicks and averaged 11.1 yards per return.
In his playing career, he spent time at Los Angeles Valley College and Florida Tech. He received the Jason Leonard Coaches Award that is given to a player that exemplied most what it meant to be an LA Valley Monarch by his commitment, leadership and attitude. He also received the AAA award for best demonstrating commitment to his academics, ability and attitude.
