Brian Lowery graduated from the University of Sioux Falls in 2002 with a B.S. in Biology. While attending USF, he competed in cross country and track and field. After graduating, he spent 10 and a half years teaching high school science in Lyman County, Aberdeen Central and Tea Area, all in South Dakota. He also coached cross country and track and field. Lowery began his teaching tenure at USF in 2012. He is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Biology from the University of South Dakota, focusing his research in conservation genetics. He lives in Tea, S.D., with his wife, Jennifer, and three children: Daschle, Dawson, and Anniston.