A teacher at the school for more than two decades, Dean Owens took over as head coach in 2025. It is a position with special meaning to him and his family with his father serving as a coach for East before his passing in 1987. Coach Owens also served as an assistant coach in the program under Joe Carroll from 2004 to 2013 and played himself at another school in the district. Most recently he was head coach for 5 years at a high school in Berks County Pennsylvania.