Charlie Cowdrey (football coach)
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 16, 1933 Camden Point, Missouri |
| Died | January 18, 2011 (aged 77) Winfield, Kansas |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1966–1968 | Fort Scott CC |
| 1969–1976 | Missouri (assistant) |
| 1977–1980 | Illinois State |
| 1983–1991 | Southwestern (KS) |
| 1993–1995 | Morningside |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 81–86–4 |
Charles E. Cowdrey (November 16, 1933 – January 18, 2011) was an American football coach. Cowdrey served as a head high school coach for nine years, head coach at Fort Scott Community College for three years, assistant coach at University of Missouri for eight years, head coach at Illinois State University for four years, assistant coach at Drake University for one year, and head coach at Southwestern College for nine years. His overall record as a head coach including high school coaching is 138 wins, 85 losses, 6 ties, and as a college head coach he achieved a record of 81 wins, 86 losses, and 4 ties.
Cowdrey was born in Camden Point, Missouri, received a bachelors in physical education from Northwest Missouri State University and a masters from the University of Missouri.
Cowdrey began his career as a coach at Smithville High School from 1957 to 1966. He then at Fort Scott Community College from 1966 to 1969 and then was an assistant coach the University of Missouri from 1969 to 1977.
Cowdrey was the 16th head football coach for the Illinois State Redbirds in Normal, Illinois and he held that position for four seasons, from 1977 until 1980. His overall coaching record at ISU was 12 wins, 31 losses, and 1 tie. This ranks him 11th at ISU in terms of total wins and 17th at ISU in terms of winning percentage.
Charlie Cowdrey became perhaps the only football coach in NCAA history to be fired less than 24 hours after his team had scored a major upset.
From 1983 to 1991, he was the 23rd head coach for the Southwestern College Moundbuilders in Winfield, Kansas where he compiled a record of 59 wins and 34 losses with 1 tie, taking over the program from famed football coach Dennis Franchione. He held the position for nine season and became the 7th most successful coach at Southwestern College in terms of winning percentage (65.2%) and second in terms of total number of wins with 59.
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