John Lowery
Jefferson High School
Impact Statement
Lowery is the most winningest coach in history in any sport.
Biography
Lowery has been a head baseball coach for 29 years, the last 28 at Jefferson High after one year at Harpers Ferry (West Virginia) High. One of high school baseball’s all-time leading winners, he has averaged 26 wins per season and has a streak of 25 consecutive seasons with 20 or more victories. Lowery’s teams have won twelve Class AAA state titles and been the runner up four times.
Lowery’s 800th career victory came at historic Abner Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, New York. He won his 1000th in March of 2008 with a win against Freedom High School. He is the 10th high school coach to hit the 1000 win mark. He is the first West Virginia coach to hit 1000 wins in any sport.
He didn’t stop there. In May of 2018, Lowery set the bar with his 1300th win with a victory. According to the NFHS record book, Lowery has the most wins of any active coach in any sport.
Lowery has received many awards in his distinguished career. He is one of three coaches to be inducted into the National Federation of State High School Associations Hall of Fame in 2002. The National High School Athletic Coaches Association named Lowery its Coach of the Year in 1998, and he has twice been voted Baseball Coach of the Year by the West Virginia High School Coaches Association.
Lowery is anticipating coaching his 50th season in the 2021 season after a hiatus due to COVID-19.
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