Owens, Ted

Ted Owens served as head basketball coach at KU from 1964 to 1983 (nineteen years). Both his 1971 and 1974 teams won their way to the NCAA Final Four. Overall his teams won fifteen Big Eight titles. Owens was named Big Eight coach of the year six times and is the fourth-winningest coach in Jayhawks history. In 1978 he was named the National Basketball Coach of the Year by Basketball Weekly. Owens is the author of "The Hang Up."