Dick Towers
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 10, 1931 Kansas City, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | April 23, 2023 (aged 92) Manhattan, Kansas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1950–1952 | Kansas State |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1955–1957 | Leavenworth HS (KS) |
| 1958–1962 | Manhattan HS (KS) |
| 1963 | Hutchinson |
| 1964–1965 | Kansas State (offensive backfield) |
| 1966 | Southern Illinois (assistant) |
| 1967–1973 | Southern Illinois |
| 1974–1976 | Duke (offensive backfield) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1981–1985 | Kansas State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 29–37–2 (college) 8–2 (junior college) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 KJCCC (1963) | |
Richard Ephraim Towers (February 10, 1931 – April 23, 2023) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He was the 12th head football coach at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, serving for seven seasons, from 1967 to 1973, and compiling a record of 29–37–2.[1] Towers was the athletic director at Kansas State University from 1981 to 1985, Iowa State associate athletic director 1986–1989.
A native of Olathe, Kansas, Towers attended Kansas State University, where he played football as a halfback and ran track, competing in the half-mile and 400 metres hurdles.[2]
Towers died from complications of multiple myeloma in Manhattan, Kansas, on April 23, 2023. He was 92.[3][4]
Head coaching record
[edit]College
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Illinois Salukis (NCAA College Division / Division I independent) (1967–1973) | |||||||||
| 1967 | Southern Illinois | 3–7 | |||||||
| 1968 | Southern Illinois | 6–3 | |||||||
| 1969 | Southern Illinois | 5–5 | |||||||
| 1970 | Southern Illinois | 6–3 | |||||||
| 1971 | Southern Illinois | 6–4 | |||||||
| 1972 | Southern Illinois | 1–8–1 | |||||||
| 1973 | Southern Illinois | 3–7–1 | |||||||
| Southern Illinois: | 29–37–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 29–37–2 | ||||||||
Junior college
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchinson Blue Dragons (Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference) (1963) | |||||||||
| 1963 | Hutchinson | 8–2 | 7–1 | T–1st | |||||
| Hutchinson: | 8–2 | 7–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 8–2 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Southern Illinois Coaching Records Archived July 6, 2003, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "At High School New Coaches; DeWitz, Towers Get Posts". The Manhattan Mercury. Manhattan, Kansas. March 7, 1958. p. 1. Retrieved October 14, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Coach Dick Towers". Retrieved April 27, 2023.
- ^ Dent, Bucky. "Richard 'Dick' Towers, former coach, dies". The Southern Illinoisan. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
- ^ "Year-by-Year Summary". Hutchinson Community College Athletics. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
- ^ "Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference All-Time Football Standings" (PDF). Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference. p. 4. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
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