KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY

Kennesaw State head men’s basketball coach Al Skinner has made his first hire, naming Carlton Owens as an assistant coach, it was announced on Friday (May 29).Owens brings more than 20 years of coaching experience to Kennesaw State, including two stints in the Big 12 where he served on staffs at Texas and Nebraska.Most recently, Owens was an AAU coach and camp instructor at Hoop Heaven since 2007 and was an assistant coach at Gill Street Bernard School in New Jersey since 2013.