14ers name Casey Owens assistant coach
October 29, 2007 - NBA G League (G League)
Colorado 14ers News Release
DENVER, October 29 - The Colorado 14ers announced today the hiring of Casey Owens as the teams Assistant Coach. Owens brings with him to Colorado several years of professional coaching experience. Most recently he served as the Video Coordinator for the NBA's Chicago Bulls for the 2006-2007 season.
"I coached against Casey in the CBA and he has a great deal of experience in the minor leagues," said 14ers Head Coach Joe Wolf. "He did a great job working with the Bulls last year and he is going to be a valuable addition to my staff. We are very happy to welcome Casey, his wife, and his two young children to the Broomfield community."
Prior to last season, Owens served as the Assistant Coach of the NBA Development League's Fayetteville Patriots during the 2005-06 season. Previously, he was named Head Coach of the Continental Basketball Association's Dakota Wizards for the 2004-05 season, after serving as Assistant Coach and Director of Player Personnel for the team from 2001-04.
During his tenure with the Wizards, the franchise was the regular season champion each season and won the CBA Championship in 2002 and 2004. He also served as Assistant Coach and Assistant General Manager for the New Mexico Slam of the International Basketball League (1999-2001) and was a CBA scout for the Portland Trail Blazers (2001-04) and Denver Nuggets (2005-06). Owens is a 1994 graduate of New Mexico State University and in 1996 he earned his Master's of Fine Arts from Naropa University in Boulder, CO.
The 14ers are entering their second season after winning the D-League Western Division Post-Season Championship in 2007. This season Colorado owns the number one overall draft choice, and will have three of the top 29 overall selections in the D-League Draft to be held on Thursday, November 1. The 14ers 24 game home schedule tips off on the NBA Development League opening night of Friday, November 23 at the Broomfield Event Center against the Anaheim Arsenal at 7:05 p.m.
For more information on the 2007-2008 14ers schedule and team, log on to www.14ershoops.com.
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