RICHMOND, Ky. – Bryant Bowen, a 2019 All-Conference USA selection, will serve as Eastern Kentucky University's volunteer assistant coach this season, new head coach Chris Prothro announced today.

Bowen earned second team all-conference honors as senior catcher at the University of Southern Mississippi following the 2019 season when he hit .341 with 43 runs, 11 home runs and 51 RBIs.  He slugged .563 and had a .403 on-base percentage.
 
The Shreveport, Louisiana native spent the 2020 season as a graduate transfer at the University of South Carolina.  He played in 15 games and started nine times during the abbreviated campaign, finishing with six runs scored, two home runs and seven RBIs.  Bowen hit a home run in his first at-bat of his Gamecock career.
 
"Bryant comes to us from two winning programs and will make an immediate impact on all phases of our program," Prothro said.  "We are excited for him to get his collegiate coaching career started with us at EKU and look forward to seeing him grow in the profession."  
 
Bowen was chosen to the Conference USA All-Tournament Team in 2017 and 2019.  He helped the Golden Eagles capture the 2019 conference tournament championship.  USM finished that season 40-21 overall.  Southern Miss finished 44-18 and won the regular season and tournament titles in 2018.  The Golden Eagles went 50-16 in 2017, won the regular season championship and advanced to the title game of the Conference USA Tournament.  Bowen helped the Golden Eagles to three NCAA Regionals (2017, 2018 and 2019). 
 
Bowen earned a spot on the Conference USA Commissioner's Honor roll in 2016, 2017 and 2018.  He completed a bachelor's of science degree in business administration at Southern Miss in May of 2019.  He was pursuing a master's of health information technology at South Carolina.