# Steve Owens (baseball)

Stephen Owens (born July 4, 1965) is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball team. He has held that position since prior to the 2020 season.
Owens played football and baseball at St. Lawrence and was drafted in the 25th round of the 1987 MLB Draft. He played two seasons in the Chicago Cubs organization, reaching Class A. He then turned to coaching, serving as an assistant baseball and football coach at Ithaca Bombers. The following season, he earned a head coaching position with the Cortland Red Dragons baseball team, where he remained for eight seasons. He then coached at Le Moyne before becoming head coach at Bryant. In 2013, he led the Bulldogs to the NCAA tournament and was recognized as the ABCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year.
Owens has won nine conference Coach of the Year Awards. At Cortland, he was named SUNYAC Coach of the Year in 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1998; at Le Moyne, MAAC Coach of the Year in 2004 and 2006; and at Bryant, NEC Coach of the Year in 2012, 2013, and 2014.

## Coaching career
### Rutgers

On June 26, 2019, Steve Owens was announced as the new head coach of the Rutgers baseball program, replacing Joe Litterio whose contract was not renewed.

## Head coaching record

This table depicts Owens' record as an NCAA head coach.
Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Cortland Red Dragons (SUNYAC (DIII)) (1992–1999) ||||||
| 1992 | Cortland | 25–16 | | 1st (East) | SUNYAC Tournament |
| 1993 | Cortland | 21–14 | | 1st (East) | NCAA Regional |
| 1994 | Cortland | 32–7 | | 1st (East) | NCAA Regional |
| 1995 | Cortland | 30–13 | | 1st (East) | College World Series |
| 1996 | Cortland | 30–7 | | 1st (East) | NCAA Regional |
| 1997 | Cortland | 31–10 | | 1st (East) | College World Series |
| 1998 | Cortland | 40–5 | | 1st | College World Series |
| 1999 | Cortland | 36–10 | | 1st | College World Series |
| Cortland: | Cortland: | 245–82–1 (.748) | | | |
| Le Moyne Dolphins (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (2000–2007) ||||||
| 2000 | Le Moyne | 32–15 | 18–7 | 2nd | MAAC Tournament |
| 2001 | Le Moyne | 29–20 | 13–8 | 4th | MAAC Tournament |
| 2002 | Le Moyne | 30–18 | 19–7 | 2nd | MAAC Tournament |
| 2003 | Le Moyne | 33–17 | 22–3 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 2004 | Le Moyne | 36–21 | 24–3 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| 2005 | Le Moyne | 25–22 | 14–11 | 5th | |
| 2006 | Le Moyne | 38–14 | 21–5 | 1st | MAAC Tournament |
| 2007 | Le Moyne | 34–19 | 22–3 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| Le Moyne Dolphins (Independent (DI)) (2008–2010) ||||||
| 2008 | Le Moyne | 33–21 | | | |
| 2009 | Le Moyne | 24–23 | | | |
| 2010 | Le Moyne | 28–27 | | | |
| Le Moyne: | Le Moyne: | 342–217 (.612) | 153–47 (.765) | | |
| Bryant Bulldogs (Northeast Conference) (2011–2019) ||||||
| 2011 | Bryant | 30–23 | 19–12 | 4th (9) | |
| 2012 | Bryant | 33–21 | 24–8 | 1st (9) | |
| 2013 | Bryant | 45–17–1 | 27–5 | 1st (9) | NCAA Regional |
| 2014 | Bryant | 42–16 | 19–5 | 1st (7) | NCAA Regional |
| 2015 | Bryant | 29–25 | 17–7 | 1st (7) | |
| 2016 | Bryant | 47–12 | 26–4 | 1st (7) | NCAA Regional |
| 2017 | Bryant | 30–27 | 20–6 | 1st (7) | |
| 2018 | Bryant | 32–23–1 | 21–7 | T-1st (7) | |
| 2019 | Bryant | 40–20 | 19–5 | 1st (7) | |
| Bryant: | Bryant: | 328–184–2 (.640) | 192–59 (.765) | | |
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights (Big Ten Conference) (2020–present) ||||||
| 2020 | Rutgers | 6–9 | 0–0 | | Season canceled due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | Rutgers | 21–23 | 21–23 | 8th | |
| 2022 | Rutgers | 44–15 | 17–7 | T-2nd | Big Ten tournament |
| 2023 | Rutgers | 33–23 | 14–10 | 5th | Big Ten tournament |
| 2024 | Rutgers | 28–25 | 6–18 | 12th | |
| 2025 | Rutgers | 8-9 | 1-2 | | |
| Rutgers: | Rutgers: | 140–104 (.574) | 59–60 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 1,055–587–3 (.642) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||
* ↑ Bryant was ineligible for postseason play as they were in transition to Division I.
* ↑ Bryant was ineligible for postseason play as they were in transition to Division I.