Marty Lowe
{{short description|American football player (born 1971)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}
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|position=Quarterback
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1971|9|21}}
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|height_ft=6
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|weight_lbs=210
|high_school=Red Bank {{nowrap|(Red Bank, Tennessee)}}
|college=Louisville (1991–1995)
|undraftedyear=1996
|pastteams=
- St. Louis Stampede ({{AFL Year|1996}})
- Texas Terror ({{AFL Year|1997}})
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- Louisville (1997–1999)
Assistant - Nashville Kats ({{AFL Year|2000}}–{{AFL Year|2001}})
Offensive assistant and offensive coordinator - UTEP Miners (2001)
Running backs coach - Georgia Force ({{AFL Year|2002}}–{{AFL Year|2004}})
Head coach - Western Carolina (2005–2006)
Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks - Louisville Fire ({{Af2 Year|2007}})
Director of football operations
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Marty Lowe (born September 21, 1971) is an American former professional football quarterback and coach in the Arena Football League (AFL). He played college football at Louisville, and professionally for the St. Louis Stampede and Texas Terror of the AFL. Lowe was also the head coach of the AFL's Georgia Force.
Early life
Lowe played high school football at Red Bank High School in Red Bank, Tennessee. He was named Mr. Football in Tennessee his senior year in 1990.{{cite web | url=https://catamountsports.com/sports/2005/3/22/211722748.aspx | title=WCU Football Announces Staff Additions/Spring Practice Schedule | publisher=catamountsports.com | date=March 23, 2005 | accessdate=10 September 2024}}
College career
Lowe was a member of the Louisville Cardinals football team from 1991 to 1995. He threw for 253 yards and five interceptions his freshman year in 1991.{{cite web | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/marty-lowe-1.html | title=Marty Lowe | publisher=sports-reference.com | accessdate=10 September 2024}} He did not play in 1992.{{cite web | url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/l/lowe00930.html | title=Marty Lowe | publisher=profootballarchives.com | accessdate=10 September 2024}} In 1993, he passed for 249 yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions. He completed 186 of 319 passes (58.3%) for 2,091 yards, nine touchdowns, and 17 interceptions during the 1994 season. The next year, Lowe completed 195 of 350 passing attempts (55.7%) for 2,268 yards, 16 touchdowns, and five interceptions. He started 22 consecutive games for the Cardinals. He earned a master's degree in education from Louisville in 1999.
Professional career
After going undrafted in the 1996 NFL draft, Lowe played for the St. Louis Stampede of the Arena Football League (AFL) in 1996. He recorded one solo tackle and one kick return for 18 yards.
Lowe played for the AFL's Texas Terror in 1997. He started the Terror's first game of the season before leaving with a knee injury.{{cite web | url=https://funwhileitlasted.net/2018/12/02/1996-1997-texas-terror-arena-football/ | title=Texas Terror | date=December 2, 2018 | publisher=funwhileitlasted. | accessdate=10 September 2024}} He completed 13 of 19 passes for 188 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception in 1997.{{cite web | url=https://www.arenafan.com/players/Marty_Lowe-982/ | title=Marty Lowe | publisher=arenafan.com | accessdate=10 September 2024}}
Coaching career
Lowe was an assistant coach for the Louisville Cardinals from 1997 to 1999.
He joined the Nashville Kats of the AFL in 2000 as an offensive assistant. He later became the team's offensive coordinator.{{cite web | url=https://www.arenafan.com/news/?page=origcol&article=666 | title=Kats Prepare for Phantom Menace | publisher=arenafan.com | date=August 3, 2001 | accessdate=10 September 2024 | author=Nash, Charliy}} He was also the running backs coach for the UTEP Miners in 2001.
Lowe took over as head coach of the Georgia Force of the AFL in May 2002 after Robert Lyles was fired.{{cite web | url=https://www.courant.com/2002/05/20/transactions-2387/ | title=TRANSACTIONS | publisher=courant.com | date=May 20, 2002 | accessdate=10 September 2024}} Lowe served as the team's head coach from 2002 to 2004, compiling an overall regular season record of 17–19.{{cite web | url=https://www.arenafan.com/history/?page=coaches&coach=62 | title=Marty Lowe | publisher=arenafan.com | accessdate=10 September 2024}} He was fired in April 2004 after a 4–7 start to the season.{{cite web | url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/marty-lowe-relieved-of-his-duties-as-georgia-force-head-coach/n-3024768 | title=Marty Lowe relieved of his duties as Georgia Force head coach | publisher=oursportscentral.com | date=April 19, 2004 | accessdate=10 September 2024}} He was then a sideline reporter for Louisville radio broadcasts during the 2004 college football season.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/424529155/?match=1&terms=%22Marty%20Lowe%22%20sideline%20reporter%20louisville | title=Lowe on Louisville radio | work=The Atlanta Constitution | date=August 25, 2004 | accessdate=10 September 2024 | author=Hartstein, Larry}}
In March 2005, Lowe was hired as the running backs coach for the Western Carolina Catamounts. He was promoted to passing game coordinator in August 2005.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/200652147/?match=1&terms=%22Marty%20Lowe%22%20%22western%20carolina%22%20%22offensive%20coordinator%22 | title=Catamounts confident in 'new' coaching structure | work=Asheville Citizen-Times | date=August 28, 2005 | accessdate=10 September 2024 | pages=25}} He also later served as the team's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Lowe left the team after two season for personal reasons.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/200627291/?match=1&terms=%22Marty%20Lowe%22%20%22western%20carolina%22 | title=WCU beefs up coaching staff | work=Asheville Citizen-Times | date=March 23, 2007 | accessdate=10 September 2024 | pages=29}}{{cite news | url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/u-of-l-grad-gets-fired-up/n-3482269 | title=U of L Grad Gets "FIRED UP" | work=oursportscentral.com | agency=June 5, 2007 | accessdate=10 September 2024}}{{cite news | url=https://catamountsports.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/marty-lowe/965 | title=Marty Lowe | work=catamountsports.com | accessdate=10 September 2024}}
Lowe was named the director of football operations for the Louisville Fire of the af2 in June 2007.
=Head coaching record=
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| rowspan=2|Team | rowspan=2|Year | colspan=4|Regular season | colspan=4|Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Lost | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result |
| Georgia || 2002
|| 5|| 4|| {{winpct|5|4}} || 4th in Southern Division || -|| -|| - || | |||||||
| style="background:#fdd;"
|| 8|| 8|| {{winpct|8|8}} || 3rd in Southern Division || 1|| 1 || {{winpct|1|1}} || {{small|Lost to San Jose SaberCats in quarterfinals}} | |||||||
| Georgia || 2004
|| 4|| 7|| {{winpct|4|7}} || (Fired) || -|| -|| -|| | |||||||
| colspan=2|Total || 17|| 19|| {{winpct|17|19}} || || 1|| 1|| {{winpct|1|1}} || |
References
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