Alan Lowry enters his 11th season as an assistant coach with the Titans and eighth as special teams coach. During the last six seasons, the Titans have produced nine special teams touchdowns, including seven kick returns for touchdowns. Additionally, Tennessee is one of only four teams (Atlanta, Green Bay and Seattle) that rank in the NFL’s top 10 in both defensive categories of kickoff return average against (21.0) and punt return average against (7.7) over the last five years.

Last year, the Titans provided a number of highlights on special teams, including top 10 NFL rankings in both kickoff (24.2) and punt return averages (9.3) with rookie returners Pacman Jones and Courtney Roby, the number one punt return defense average (4.5) and the top first-year place-kicker in Rob Bironas (99 points on 23/29 field goals). The Titans also led the NFL in punt returns over 20 yards with seven and were one of only two teams (Washington) to not allow a punt return over 20 yards.

In 2004, the Titans finished fourth in the NFL in net punt average (37.8) and in 2003, led the NFL in kickoff return average defense, allowing only 18.8 yards per return. In 2002, the Titans led the league in average starting position after kickoff. In Tennessee’s 2002 season finale at Houston (12/29/02), the Titans blocked a field goal and a punt for the first time in the same game since 1991.

In 2000, the Titans were one of only two NFL teams (Seattle) to rank in the top 10 in the league in punt return average, kickoff return average, punt return defense and kickoff return defense. Tennessee has ranked in the top 10 in punt return defense in five of the last seven seasons.

In the 1999 season, the Titans were propelled to the Super Bowl with a number of plays on special teams, including the "Music City Miracle" and Derrick Mason’s 80-yard kick return in the AFC Championship Game. Lowry took over the Titans’ special teams after coaching the club’s wide receivers corps from 1997-98.

Lowry has 18 seasons coaching special teams from his positions with Dallas (1982-87), Tampa Bay (1991), and San Francisco (1992-95). He joined the Oilers in 1996 as defensive assistant/quality control coach and was promoted to the position of wide receivers coach one year later.

Lowry spent nine seasons with the Dallas Cowboys (1982-90). He originally joined the Cowboys in 1982 as their special teams coach before shifting to receivers (1988-90). In 1991, he served as the special teams/tight ends coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and as special teams coach for the San Francisco 49ers from 1992-95. In San Francisco, Lowry and the Niners made three NFC Championship game appearances (1992,1993,1994) and captured a Super Bowl Championship (XXIX). A former quarterback and defensive back at the University of Texas, Lowry earned All-Southwest Conference honors before jumping into the coaching ranks. Lowry began his coaching career at Virginia Tech in 1974 before moving to the University of Wyoming in 1975. He spent 1976 with the Dallas Cowboys in their scouting department before returning to the University of Texas (1977-81) for five seasons as defensive backs coach.

A native of Miami, Okla., Lowry resides in Franklin, Tenn., with his wife, Donna. The couple has two daughters, Marta (23) and Lindsay (18).