Ted Owens

Alma Mater: 
Class of: 
Hometown: 
Hollis, OK
  • Reached NCAA Final Four two times--1971 (4th) and 1974 (4th)
  • Finished runner-up in the 1968 NIT
  • Led Kansas to 1981 Big Eight Tournament title
  • Coached Cameron (OK) Junior College
  • Assistant coach at Oklahoma under Bruce Drake for one season in 1951-52 and at Kansas under Dick Harp for four seasons from 1960-61 through 1963-64
  • Three-year basketball letterman under Bruce Drake (second-leading scorer as senior with 10.8 ppg)
  • Final Top 20 Rankings (seven: AP/UPI)--1966 (4/4), 1967 (3/4), 1969 (19/20), 1971 (4/4), 1974 (7/10), 1978 (10/8) and 1981 (NR/19)
  • All-Americans (six): Kansas' Tony Guy (1982), Dave Robisch (1971), Bud Stallworth (1972), Darnell Valentine (1978 through 1981), Walt Wesley (1966) and Jo Jo White (1967 through 1969).
Record: 

Season

School

Overall

League

Finish

Conference (Division)

Postseason (Record)

1964-65

Kansas

17-8

9-5

2nd

Big Eight

DNP

1965-66

Kansas

23-4

13-1

1st

Big Eight

NCAA (1-1)

1966-67

Kansas

23-4

13-1

1st

Big Eight

NCAA (1-1)

1967-68

Kansas

22-8

10-4

2nd

Big Eight

NIT (3-1)

1968-69

Kansas

20-7

9-5

T-2nd

Big Eight

NIT (0-1)

1969-70

Kansas

17-9

8-6

2nd

Big Eight

DNP

1970-71

Kansas

27-3

14-0

1st

Big Eight

NCAA (2-2)

1971-72

Kansas

11-15

7-7

T-4th

Big Eight

DNP

1972-73

Kansas

8-18

4-10

T-6th

Big Eight

Probation

1973-74

Kansas

23-7

13-1

1st

Big Eight

NCAA (2-2)

1974-75

Kansas

19-8

11-3

1st

Big Eight

NCAA (2-2)

1975-76

Kansas

13-13

6-8

T-4th

Big Eight

DNP

1976-77

Kansas

18-10

8-6

4th

Big Eight

DNP

1977-78

Kansas

24-5

13-1

1st

Big Eight

NCAA (0-1)

1978-79

Kansas

18-11

8-6

T-2nd

Big Eight

DNP

1979-80

Kansas

15-14

7-7

T-3rd

Big Eight

DNP

1980-81

Kansas

24-8

9-5

T-2nd

Big Eight

NCAA (2-1)

1981-82

Kansas

13-14

4-10

7th

Big Eight

DNP

1982-83

Kansas

13-16

4-10

T-7th

Big Eight

DNP

1985-86

Oral Roberts

10-18

5-7

5th

MW Coll.

DNP

1986-87

Oral Roberts

11-17

5-7

T-5th

MW Coll.

DNP

  • 21-Year College Coaching Record: 369-217 (.594) overall
  • 348-182 (.657) in 19 years at Kansas
  • 21-35 (.375) in two years at Oral Roberts
  • 170-96 (.639) in Big Eight Conference
  • 10-14 (.417) in Midwestern Collegiate Conference
  • 10-6 (.625) in Big Eight Tournament
  • 0-2 in MCC Tournament
  • 10-10 (.500) in NCAA Tournament
  • 3-2 (.600) in NIT