 Owen was also the head basketball coach at Oklahoma from 1908 to 1921, tallying a mark of 113–49, and the head baseball coach at the school from 1906 to 1922, amassing a record of 142–102–4.He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1951.Owen was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1875 and his family moved to St. Louis, Missouri when he was 12.