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Joe Owens is in his 21st year with the University. He is responsible for the operations of several programs and services within the Athletics Division. He is the Director of the Athletic Performance Enhancement Program. This program coordinates the Division's efforts in sports medicine, strength and conditioning, nutrition, and sports psychology. He also supervises the operation of the Frericks Center and the Divisions' equipment and transportation services. Owens is the sport program administrator for rowing, women's indoor and outdoor track, men's and women's cross country and men's and women's golf. Owens earned a master's degree in exercise physiology from Wright State University School of Medicine in 1985. He brings 29 years of strength and conditioning and sports medicine experience to benefit UD's student-athletes. He was a part of the Miami Valley Hospital Sports Medicine Center staff for over four years. He was "Recertified with Distinction" as a strength and conditioning specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association since 2000 and is one of less that 50 professionals who have earned the designation of "NSCA Coach Practitioner". Owens was a participant in the "Leadership UD" program. Leadership UD accepts 20 UD administrators for a yearlong program dedicated to the exploration of leadership and leadership issues, discovery of one's leadership capacity, understanding and exposure to formal leadership structures of the University, and UD's leadership role in and commitment to the community. Owens is on the University's Alcohol Coalition Steering Committee and Judicial Review Board. He serves as the campus sponsor for Athletes in Action. He is also a member of the Atlantic 10 Cross Country and Rowing Committees. Owens and his wife, Kelly, reside in Centerville and have one son Marcus, age 21, who is a senior at the University of Georgia. |
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