He grew up in Ocala, Florida, attended Gulf Coast Community College and graduated from Auburn University.
He set an Auburn Tigers record for career earned-run average (1.69) and most complete games (ten) in one season.
He was selected in the 19th round of the 1967 Major League Baseball draft by the Cubs[4] and compiled a won/lost mark of 24–25 with an ERA of 3.37 in 167 games over five minor-league seasons (1967–71), most of them at the Double-A level.
Lowe returned to the minor leagues as manager of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast Cubs (1973) and the Class A Key West Conchs (for the second half of the 1974 season).
He was a full-time pitching instructor in the minor league organizations of the Yankees and Montréal Expos from 1982–85 before joining AUM and launching its baseball program.