| Butch Cowell | |
| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | c. 1888 |
| Died | August 28, 1940 Dover, New Hampshire |
| Playing career | |
| 1910 | Kansas |
| Position(s) | Tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football 1915–1936 Basketball 1916–1928 Baseball 1916 1919–1921 | New Hampshire New Hampshire New Hampshire New Hampshire |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 87–69–24 (football) 119–54 (basketball) 17–25–2 (baseball) |
| Statistics College Football Data Warehouse | |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1941) | |
William H. "Butch" Cowell (c. 1888 – August 28, 1940) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head coach of the University of New Hampshire's football team from 1915 to 1936, except in 1918 when no team was fielded due to World War I. UNH's home stadium, Cowell Stadium, is also named after him. As a football coach, he led his teams to an inordinate number of tie football games over his career with 24. In addition to coaching football, Cowell was also the head basketball coach, head baseball coach, and athletic director at New Hampshire. Cowell died on August 28, 1940 in Dover, New Hampshire at the age of 52.[1]
Head coaching record[]
Football[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Rank# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire Wildcats (Independent) (1915–1936) | |||||||||
| 1915 | New Hampshire | 3–6–1 | |||||||
| 1916 | New Hampshire | 3–5–2 | |||||||
| 1917 | New Hampshire | 3–2–2 | |||||||
| 1918 | no team — World War I | ||||||||
| 1919 | New Hampshire | 7–2 | |||||||
| 1920 | New Hampshire | 5–2–1 | |||||||
| 1921 | New Hampshire | 8–1–1 | |||||||
| 1922 | New Hampshire | 3–5–1 | |||||||
| 1923 | New Hampshire | 4–4–1 | |||||||
| 1924 | New Hampshire | 7–2 | |||||||
| 1925 | New Hampshire | 4–1–2 | |||||||
| 1926 | New Hampshire | 4–4 | |||||||
| 1927 | New Hampshire | 0–7–1 | |||||||
| 1928 | New Hampshire | 3–2–3 | |||||||
| 1929 | New Hampshire | 7–2 | 1st | ||||||
| 1930 | New Hampshire | 5–2–1 | |||||||
| 1931 | New Hampshire | 7–2–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1932 | New Hampshire | 3–5–1 | |||||||
| 1933 | New Hampshire | 3–3–1 | |||||||
| 1934 | New Hampshire | 3–4–2 | |||||||
| 1935 | New Hampshire | 2–5–1 | |||||||
| 1936 | New Hampshire | 3–3–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 87–69–24 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl, Bowl Alliance or Bowl Coalition game. #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. | |||||||||
See also[]
- List of college football coaches with 20 career ties
References[]
- ↑ "WILLIAM H. COWELL; Athletic Director at University of New Hampshire 23 Years". The New York Times. August 29, 1940. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F30710F9385A11728DDDA00A94D0405B8088F1D3. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
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