Lowell was a star athlete at Higgins Classical Institute in Charleston before attending the University of Maine where he played four years of football, basketball, and baseball. He captained the 1950 Black Bear basketball which finished 2nd in the Yankee Conference. He went on to coach a total of 27 years, had a combined high school and collegiate record of 380 wins, 171 losses, 1 State Championship with Greenville High (1954), 2 Northeast College Conference titles in College ranks.
