Lourdes University Athletics

Terry Awls joined the Lourdes University men’s basketball staff as the junior varsity head coach in the fall of 2020.

Awls arrived at Lourdes after serving as the state director in Ohio for US Amateur Basketball, one of the largest travel/AAU associations in the country.  He coached the Ohio Celtics 17U team to the US Amateur Basketball Division II national championship in 2019 after leading the 16U team the previous season.

A coach for Hopson Elite as well, Awls 17U team won the US Amateur Basketball Division II national championship in 2022.

The head coach at Timberstone Junior High from 2010 through 2016, Awls guided his teams to the Northern Lakes League championships in 2015 and 2016.  Prior to Timberstone, he spent seven years at Ottawa Hills Junior/Senior High School.  He had three junior high teams win Toledo Area Athletic Conference titles and the varsity girls tallied a regional championship and a district title during his time with the program.

Awls has also presented at numerous coaching clinics throughout the Great Lakes region.  He is a USA Gold certified coach and a member of the NABC. 

Awls is a graduate of Monroe County Community College with a degree in the culinary arts program.