Ryan Owens

Biography

Glenn & Stacey Murphy Head Men's Basketball Coach Micah Shrewsberry rounded out his coaching staff at Notre Dame with the hiring of Ryan Owens at the end of May of 2023. A leader, a developer and relationship builder, Owens is an Indiana basketball guy through and through. He brings over two decades of experience as a player, business manager, college coach and AAU coach. Owens begins year three with the Irish for the 2025-26 season. Coach Owens trademark of relationship building paid off in year two when the staff signed Notre Dame's highest-rated recruiting class in the modern era – a consensus top-10 amongst all major recruiting sites: Tommy Ahneman, Ryder Frost, Jalen Haralson and Brady Koehler. In addition, Jalen Haralson became the highest rated prospect to commit to the Irish in the modern era – a consensus five-star recruit and top-rated player in the state of Indiana. Year one in South Bend was about establishing the right culture with one of the youngest teams in the ACC. It was a program that returned 1.6 percent of scoring from a year prior and was projected to finish last in the ACC. The result was a Notre Dame squad hitting its stride in the final month of play. The Irish doubled its ACC win total from the previous year, finishing 7-13, which included wins over Virginia and Clemson. Owens' path started as a student-athlete at the University of Southern Indiana where he was Team Captain and Defensive Player of the Year. He later went on to earn his Master's at In