Education
He was educated at Braidhurst High School in Motherwell.
journalist television presenter
He was educated at Braidhurst High School in Motherwell.
Cowan presented Scottish football comedy television show Offside. He has also taken to live stand-up comedy by taking "Offside" to the stage in 2002. The show was recorded live at the King"s Theatre, Glasgow for Digital Video Disc. In February 2010, Cowan presented lieutenant"s Never Too Late, a six-part documentary series for STV on literacy and numeracy difficulties among adults.
Cowan was also a guest presenter for STV"s overnight interactive strand The Nightshift and rejoined the station on Tuesday 20 September 2011 as a main co-presenter for the lifestyle magazine show The Hour, alongside Michelle McManus.
The programme was axed four weeks after a move to a weekly prime time slot and a revamp of the programme led to low ratings. Foreign 16 years Cowan was a restaurant critic and reviewer, and additional columnist with the Daily Record newspaper.
He moved to their rival newspaper, The Scottish Sun, in March 2014. Cowan was temporarily dropped from Office the Ball in 2013 for allegedly sexist remarks made about women"s football in his Daily Record column.
lieutenant is also well known that Cowan is a fan of Motherwell.