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American football and basketball coach (1922–2008)

Edd Bowers
Biographical details
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. 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. Bowers was also the head men's basketball coach at Grinnell from 1973 to 1974.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
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

v t e 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)

v t e Grinnell Pioneers head football coaches
Student coaches (1889–1890) Theron Lyman (1891) Frank F. Everest (1892) Hiland Orlando Stickney (1893) Martin V. Bergen (1894–1895) James Blake (1896) Clinton E. Harris (1897–1900) Paul Tratt (1901) Martin V. Bergen (1902–1903) Clinton E. Harris (1904) Martin V. Bergen & Tuffy Fisk (1905) C. B. Hamilton (1906–1907) Leon H. Andrews (1908) Daniel Dougherty (1909) Arthur M. Brown (1910–1912) Foss Netherton (1913) Maturin Fisher (1914) William McAlmon (1915–1916) Russell Tollefson (1917–1919) Bud Saunders (1920–1921) Mal Elward (1922–1923) Mike Hyland (1924–1926) Lester Watt (1927–1935) Guy Lookabaugh (1936–1939) Ben Douglas (1940–1941) G. Lester Duke (1942) No team (1943–1944) Gerald Reed (1945) Ben Douglas (1946) Bunny Oakes (1947–1948) Henry Brown (1951) John Pfitsch (1952–1954) Robert Patterson (1955–1959) Edd Bowers (1960–1978) Ed Dombrowski (1979–1982) John Martinek (1983–1987) Greg Wallace (1988–2007) Max Hawsey (2008–2009) Jeff Pedersen (2010–2019) No team (2020) Brent Barnes (2021– )