Butch Cowell
Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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Biographical details | |
Born |
Lynn, Massachusetts | July 21, 1887
Died |
August 28, 1940 53) Dover, New Hampshire | (aged
Playing career | |
1910 | Kansas |
Position(s) | Tackle |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1914 | Haskell Institute (assistant) |
1915–1936 | New Hampshire |
Basketball | |
1916–1928 | New Hampshire |
Baseball | |
1916 | New Hampshire |
1919–1921 | New Hampshire |
Head coaching record | |
Overall |
87–69–24 (football) 119–54 (basketball) 17–25–2 (baseball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1941) |
William Harold "Butch" Cowell (July 21, 1887 – August 28, 1940) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball.
Biography
He was born on July 21, 1887 in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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 | ||||
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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 | |||||||
1930 | New Hampshire | 5–2–1 | |||||||
1931 | New Hampshire | 7–2–1 | |||||||
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 | |||||||
New Hampshire: | 87–69–24 | ||||||||
Total: | 87–69–24 |
See also
References
- ↑ "William H. Cowell; Athletic Director at University of New Hampshire 23 Years" (PDF). The New York Times. August 29, 1940. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
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