Edd Bowers
American football and basketball coach (1922–2008)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1922-09-04)September 4, 1922 |
Died | September 16, 2008(2008-09-16) (aged 86) Grapevine, Texas, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1940 | Grinnell |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1947–1953 | Mount Pleasant HS (IA) |
1956–1959 | Iowa Wesleyan |
1960–1978 | Grinnell |
Basketball | |
1973–1974 | Grinnell |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1956–1960 | Iowa Wesleyan |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 89–105–2 (college football) 4–16 (college basketball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 2 MWC (1961–1962) | |
Edd William Bowers (September 4, 1922 – September 16, 2008) was an American football and basketball coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa from 1956 to 1959 and Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa from 1960 to 1978, compiling a career college football coaching record of 89–105–2.[2] Bowers was also the head men's basketball coach at Grinnell from 1973 to 1974.[3]
Head coaching record
College football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Iowa Wesleyan Tigers (Iowa Conference) (1956–1959) | |||||||||
1956 | Iowa Wesleyan | 5–4 | 5–3 | 4th | |||||
1957 | Iowa Wesleyan | 2–7 | 1–7 | 9th | |||||
1958 | Iowa Wesleyan | 6–3 | 6–2 | 3rd | |||||
1959 | Iowa Wesleyan | 5–4 | 5–3 | 4th | |||||
Iowa Wesleyan: | 18–18 | 17–15 | |||||||
Grinnell Pioneers (Midwest Conference) (1960–1978) | |||||||||
1960 | Grinnell | 4–4 | 4–4 | 5th | |||||
1961 | Grinnell | 6–2 | 6–2 | T–1st | |||||
1962 | Grinnell | 7–0–1 | 7–0–1 | 1st | |||||
1963 | Grinnell | 5–3 | 5–3 | T–3rd | |||||
1964 | Grinnell | 5–3 | 5–3 | T–4th | |||||
1965 | Grinnell | 6–2 | 6–2 | 2nd | |||||
1966 | Grinnell | 2–6 | 1–3 | 8th | |||||
1967 | Grinnell | 2–6 | 2–6 | 9th | |||||
1968 | Grinnell | 3–5 | 3–5 | T–6th | |||||
1969 | Grinnell | 6–3 | 6–3 | T–3rd | |||||
1970 | Grinnell | 5–4 | 4–4 | 5th | |||||
1971 | Grinnell | 2–7 | 1–7 | T–8th | |||||
1972 | Grinnell | 2–7 | 1–7 | 9th | |||||
1973 | Grinnell | 0–9 | 0–8 | 810th | |||||
1974 | Grinnell | 3–6 | 2–5 | 6th | |||||
1975 | Grinnell | 4–5 | 3–5 | 6th | |||||
1976 | Grinnell | 3–5 | 0–5 | 6th (West) | |||||
1977 | Grinnell | 4–4–1 | 1–3–1 | T–4th (West) | |||||
1978 | Grinnell | 2–6 | 0–4 | 5th (Blue) | |||||
Grinnell: | 71–87–2 | 57–79–2 | |||||||
Total: | 89–105–2 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
- ^ "Edd Bowers" (PDF). Grinnell College. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
- ^ "Edd Bowers". Grinnell Pioneers. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Men's Basketball Head Coach Career Records" (PDF). Grinnell Pioneers men's basketball. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
External links
- Edd Bowers at Find a Grave
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Iowa Wesleyan Tigers head football coaches
- No coach (1890)
- No team (1891–1892)
- No coach (1893–1894)
- No team (1895)
- Eldon Ward (1896)
- Paul Sibberts (1897)
- No coach (1898–1901)
- Burton Beck (1902)
- Ed Welby (1903)
- No team (1904)
- Arthur G. Weber (1905)
- No team (1906–1907)
- Ralph Perrine (1908)
- Pat Crow (1909)
- Loring Craymer (1910)
- Glenn Tallman (1911–1912)
- George Beal (1913–1914)
- Carl Heidt (1915–1916)
- Edward Day (1917–1918)
- Bill Neuschaefer (1919–1920)
- Herman Garretson (1921–1922)
- Ray Williams (1923)
- Chester Mead (1924–1925)
- Glen Bingham (1926–1936)
- Bud Parker (1937–1941)
- Olan Ruble (1942)
- No team (1943)
- Olan Ruble (1944–1948)
- Everett R. Jarvis (1949–1952)
- Fred Ekstrand (1953–1955)
- Edd Bowers (1956–1959)
- Jim Hofmann (1960–1963)
- Harold Thompson (1964–1965)
- Jack Taylor (1966)
- Mel Foels (1967–1972)
- John Stiegman (1973)
- Dick Palm (1974–1976)
- Dave Ostrander (1977)
- Rick Hodam (1978–1981)
- Tom Horne (1982–1984)
- Mick Caba (1985–1988)
- Hal Mumme (1989–1991)
- Charlie Moot (1992)
- Steve Kazor (1993)
- Pat Poore (1994)
- Gregg Ricono (1995–1996)
- Rick Moorman (1997–2001)
- Brett Holgorsen (2002)
- Todd McGhghy (2003–2005)
- Jason Smelser (2006–2009)
- Kent Anderson (2010–2011)
- Tom Parkevich (2012–2015)
- Michael Richtman (2016–2019)
- MD Daniels (2020–2022)