Roland Cowell

American football, basketball, and baseball coach

Roland CowellBiographical details

Born| (1895-09-22)September 22, 1895
Clyde, Kansas, U.S.
Died| August 27, 1953(1953-08-27) (aged 57)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1922–1923| Ole Miss
1924–1925| Des Moines
1926–1928| Northern Illinois State
Basketball
1926–1929| Northern Illinois State
Baseball
1927–1929| Northern Illinois State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1924–1926| Des Moines
1926–1929| Northern Illinois State
Head coaching record
Overall| 16–35–5 (football)
12–8 (baseball)

Roland Adhemar Cowell (September 22, 1895 – August 27, 1953) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. Contemporary newspaper reports often referred to him as R. A. Cowell.[1]

Cowell served as the head football coach at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) from 1922 to 1923, Des Moines University, from 1924 to 1925 and Northern Illinois State Teachers College—now known as Northern Illinois University—from 1926 to 1928. Cowell was also the head basketball coach at Northern Illinois from 1926 to 1929 and the head baseball coach at the school from 1927 to 1929. Cowell was an assistant coach in basketball, baseball, and track at Ole Miss.

Cowell was a graduate of the University of Illinois where he also played football.[2][3] His brother, Butch Cowell, was also a coach and administrator in college athletics.[4][5][1]

## Head coaching record

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### Football

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Year  | Team  | Overall  | Conference | Standing  | Bowl/playoffs

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Ole Miss Rebels (Southern Conference) (1922–1923)
1922 | Ole Miss | 4–5–1 | 0–2 | T–18th |
1923 | Ole Miss | 4–6 | 0–4 | T–19th |
Ole Miss: | 8–11–1 | 0–6 |
Des Moines Tigers (North Central Conference) (1924–1925)
1924 | Des Moines  | 2–6 | 1–3 | 6th |
1925 | Des Moines  | 0–7–1 | 0–4 | 8th |
Des Moines: | 2–13–1 | 1–7 |
Northern Illinois State Teachers (Independent) (1926–1927)
1926 | Northern Illinois State | 5–1–1 |  |  |
1927 | Northern Illinois State | 1–4–1 |  |  |
Northern Illinois State Teachers (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1928)
1928 | Northern Illinois State | 0–6–1 | 0–2–1 | T–19th |
Northern Illinois State: | 6–11–3 | 0–2–1 |
Total: | 16–35–5 |

## References

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1. ^ a b "R. A. Cowell Visits His Brother in New York". The Des Moines Register. January 6, 1926. p. 8. Retrieved November 23, 2019 - via newspapers.com.
2. ^ "Rolland A. Cowell Is New Coach as Des Moines U." Des Moines Tribune. Des Moines, Iowa. May 22, 1924. p. 22. Retrieved April 5, 2019 - via Newspapers.com .
3. ^ "Cowell Lands Coaching Post". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. May 21, 1926. p. 9. Retrieved April 5, 2019 - via Newspapers.com .
4. ^ "Well Known UNH Coach Dies at 52". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. August 29, 1940. p. 1. Retrieved November 23, 2019 - via newspapers.com.
5. ^ "News from the World of Sports". The Daily Gazette. Lawrence, Kansas. November 4, 1913. p. 3. Retrieved November 23, 2019 - via newspapers.com.

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