Former Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year Kenneth Lowe is in his fifth season as an assistant coach at Miami. His main focus is working with the team on the defensive end, as well as assisting with recruiting. He joined the RedHawks after spending the four seasons with Purdue as an assistant video coordinator. He handled day-to-day film study and breakdown for the student-athletes and coaching staff.
“Kenneth is great with the guys,” said head coach Jack Owens. “From a defensive standpoint he knows everything I’m looking for. He also excels in helping our team with skill development.”
In his four seasons with the RedHawks, Lowe has helped Miami to 56 wins, most in a four-year span since 2009-12, and a berth in the 2018 CBI.
In 2020-21, the RedHawks recorded their first winning season since 2009. Miami earned a berth in the eight-team Mid-American Conference Tournament as the RedHawks advanced to the quarterfinal round for the fourth time in the last six years, including three of the last four MAC Tournaments. Miami clinched its MAC Tournament berth with three games remaining on its regular-season schedule. It was the second time in the last four years Miami was the No. 7 seed in the tournament, its highest seeding since the 2011 tournament.
Last season, Miami set a program record for three-pointers in a game with 18 at Central Michigan (Feb. 23, 2021) and set season program records for free-throw percentage (.776) and fewest turnovers (249).
Prior to returning to Purdue, Lowe played professionally overseas for nine seasons in Turkey, Germany, Hungary, Venezuela and then in Finland from 2009-13. He led his team (Pyrinto) to the 2010 and 2011 Finnish League championship and the 2012 Gold Medal Cup. Along the way, he was named the Finnish League Player of the Month in February 2012.
Lowe graduated from Purdue in 2004 as one of the top defensive players in school history. He was the Big Ten’s Defensive Player of the Year twice (2003 and 2004) while being a second-team All-Big Ten honoree in 2004 and a third-team choice in 2003.
