Background
Cowell was born in Clay Center, Kansas in 1899.
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Cowell was born in Clay Center, Kansas in 1899.
He attended Kansas State Agricultural College, where he lettered in football, basketball, and baseball before graduating in 1922.
Cowell played football, basketball and baseball at Kansas State Agricultural College, and later served as the basketball and baseball head coach at the University of Florida, and the football and basketball head coach and athletic director at Stetson University. After graduating from Kansas State, Cowell coached for two years at Iola High School in Iola, Kansas. In 1924, he moved on to the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he accepted a position as the head coach for the freshman Florida Gators football team, and later as an assistant coach for the Gators varsity from 1928 to 1932.
He also coached the Florida Gators baseball team from 1927 to 1933, tallying a seven-season record of 61–65–2.
Cowell served as the athletic director and head football coach at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida from 1935 to 1948, leading the Stetson Hatters to a record of 32–40–7. Stetson did not field a team from 1941 to 1945 due to World World War World War II Cowell was also the head coach of the Stetson Hatters basketball team for three one-season stints (1938-1939, 1941-1942, 1945-1946), amassing a career college basketball record of 83–96.
Cowell quit coaching after the 1948 football season, but remained Stetson"s athletic director until his retirement in 1968. He died on April 15, 1989 at his home in DeLand, Florida.
