Austin Peay State University Athletics

David Lowery enters his first season as the associate head coach for the Governors women's basketball program after joining Brittany Young's staff in August 2024.

Lowery comes to Clarksville after spending the 2023-24 season as an assistant coach at Florida Atlantic. During his time in Boca Raton, Florida, Lowery oversaw the creation and implementation of practice sessions in all aspects of the game. He also coordinated scheduling and preparing game contracts while managing the team budget, logistics, and purchases. Lowery helped the Owls with recruiting by promoting the university, evaluating recruits, and attending camps and clinics. 

Prior to his time in Boca Raton, Lowery spent the 2021-2023 seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Mercer under Austin Peay Hall of Fame head coach, Susie Gardner. While in Macon, Georgia, Lowery planned and executed all aspects of recruiting from reviewing transcripts, marketing the university and program with graphics and mailouts, coordinating travel for coaches, and managing the recruiting budget while acting as a liaison for NIL, compliance, and international student-athletes. He also organized clinics and camps while planning team-building activities for the Bears. 

Preceding his time with the Bears, Lowery spent January through August of 2021 as an assistant coach at Northwest Florida State College, where he taught strategies and techniques to improve game-day play as well as developed strength training and conditioning programs to help the team stay in shape in season. 

Lowery spent July 2019 to December 2020 as the head coach of Florida State College. There, he delegated responsibilities to assistant coaches to make the coaching staff more effective while mentoring and helping them develop both personally and professionally. 

From 2015-19, Lowery was an associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at North Florida, where he created strategies to obtain top athletes. He administered the team's budget and coordinated travel plans and equipment purchases. While with the Ospreys, Lowery helped mentor student-athletes by helping them perform under pressure and overcome obstacles. 

From 2007-2015, he was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Florida, where he oversaw the recruiting and equipment budget while managing training and conditioning schedules to ensure the team ran smoothly. 

Lowery spent the 2005-2007 seasons at UNC Charlotte as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. During his time in Charlotte, he evaluated and recruited players from across the globe and counseled student-athletes in conflict resolution by working with athletes one-on-one. 

Lowery began his coaching career at Davidson College where he was an assistant coach from 2001-2005. There, he worked with other coaches to learn new techniques to build a strong program and supervised player academic development. 

In his career, Lowery has made four NCAA tournament appearances, five WNITs, and coached 30 All-Conference players across the SoCon, A-10, SEC, and Atlantic Sun. He has coached three ASUN Conference Newcomers of the Year and made two ASUN Semifinal appearances.