Damon Lowery

After retiring as a player, Lowery started coaching in the Big V and later served as head coach of the Australia women's national 3x3 team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Early life Lowery was born in the U.S. state of Michigan. His high school coach was Norwaine Reed, who began coaching Buena Vista in 1983. Lowery was the sixth man in eleventh grade and then a starter in his senior year. Buena Vista lost in double overtime to Beecher High School in the 1985 state championship final. Lowery later stated: "I was so nervous in the state high school championship that I played a terrible game. We lost in double overtime. I vowed never to be nervous or to choke again."

Due to changing his major in his junior year from business to education, Lowery did not graduate from UAS in 1989 despite having played out his eligibility. He made his debut in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) in 1992 for the Mildura Mavericks. He played a second season with Mildura in 1993.

Lowery joined the Ballarat Miners for the 1994 SEABL season and played five years for the Miners. In the 1994 Australian Basketball Association (ABA) national final, he had 17 points and seven assists to help the Miners win the ABA national championship with a 104–81 win over the Cairns Marlins. He helped the Miners win consecutive ABA national championships in 1995 with a 101–86 victory over the Frankston Blues in the final. He joined the Kilsyth Cobras in 1999 and led the team in scoring with 24 points per game, as the Cobras won the SEABL East Conference final and were ABA national final runners up. He was named to the 1999 All-SEABL East Team. He played a second season for Kilsyth in 2000. During his time in the SEABL, he was noted for his 85 per cent free throw accuracy.

Lowery joined the Wollongong Hawks of the National Basketball League (NBL) for the 2000–01 season. The Hawks went on to defeat the Townsville Crocodiles 2–1 in the grand final series to win the 2001 NBL championship. He was runner-up for NBL Rookie of the Year and NBL Best Sixth Man in his first season, and finished runner-up again for NBL Best Sixth Man in 2003. In January 2005, he joined the Hunter Pirates for the rest of the 2004–05 NBL season to cover for injured guard and co-captain Brendan Mann. Lowery played his final season in the NBL in 2005–06 for the Townsville Crocodiles. He then played one year for the Bulleen Boomers in the 2011 Championship Men season; one year for the Hume City Broncos in the 2012 Championship Men season; and one year for the Camberwell Dragons in the 2013 Division One Men season.

During his playing career, Lowery became a naturalised Australian.

Coaching career In 2018, Lowery served as an assistant coach with the Whittlesea Pacers women's team of the Big V Division One. He was elevated to head coach of the Pacers women's team for the 2019 season, In 2019, he held the position of the Whittlesea Pacers coaching director. He returned to coach the Pacers' championship women in 2021. After the team had a winless 2021 season, Whittlesea was set to drop back down to Division One in 2022 and Lowery was set to coach the women's side again, but due to low player numbers, no Pacers women's team was entered in the Big V in 2022.

In 2019, Lowery became part of the coaching staff of the Australia women's national 3x3 team. In 2024, Lowery served as head coach of the Gangurrus at the Paris Olympics. He was re-appointed head coach of the Gangurrus in March 2025, leading the team to the 2025 FIBA 3x3 World Cup in Mongolia. In February 2026, it was announced that Lowery would continue to coach the Gangurrus at the 2026 Commonwealth Games. The team went on to win the gold medal.

Personal life Lowery's daughter, Isis, is a former collegiate gymnast for the Oregon State Beavers.

In 2021, Lowery joined the National Basketball League's broadcast team.