Steve Owens, Bryant Bulldogs

Steve Owens enters his eighth season at the helm of the Bryant Bulldogs baseball program in 2018. In seven seasons, Owens has posted a 255-141-1 record, building the Bulldogs into one of the best in the Northeast Region and one of the top mid-majors in the country. He has led the Bulldogs to three 40-win seasons, six-straight Northeast Conference Regular-Season titles and three NCAA tournaments.

Entering his 27th year as a college head coach, Owens holds a career record of 842-440-2 (.657), placing him in the top 20 among active Division I coaches in career winning percentage. He also ranks in the top 30 among active head coaches in career victories after earning his 800th with a 7-3 victory over LIU Brooklyn on May 8, 2016. Even more impressive is the fact that Owens has produced 26-straight winning seasons as a skipper. Owens’ postseason accomplishments are just as extensive, as he boasts a 68-44 (.607) career record in the postseason.

Over the past seven seasons, Owens has earned four NEC Coach of the Year awards (2012, ‘13, ‘14, ‘16) and ABCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year honors in 2013 and 2014. His teams have won 30 games in five of his seven seasons and have won 40 games three times. Owens’ teams have gone 152-47 (.764) in NEC play and have won six-straight regular-season crowns. In addition, 48 players have earned all-conference honors and 10 have earned All-American honors in his seven seasons at the helm.

The 2017 season saw the Black and Gold win 29 games and claim their sixth-straight regular season title, the longest streak for any school in the country. The Bryant Bulldogs took home three major NEC year-end awards and had seven named All-NEC.

Owens guided the Bryant Bulldogs to their best season in program history in 2016, winning a program-record 47 games and finishing the season with the best winning percentage in the country (79.7). He led the Bulldogs to a fifth-straight NEC Regular-Season title, their third NEC Tournament title in four years and a No. 2 seed in the Charlottesville Regional, a first for an NEC school. Bryant finished the season with the best run differential in the country (+4.4) and an RPI of 35. The Bulldogs ranked in the top 25 in 12 team categories, became the first NEC team to sweep all four major awards, had a record 11 players named All-NEC, 10 more named All-New England and five earned All-American citations.

In 2015, the Bulldogs won 29 games and claimed their fourth-straight regular season title, becoming the first team in league history to accomplish that fe...