Robert T. "Bob" Hower was college sports coach and athletic director in the United States.
Hower was the 15th football coach[1] for the Southwestern College Moundbuilders[2] in Winfield, Kansas and held that position 5 seasons, form 1954 to 1958. His overall coaching record at Southwestern was 11 wins, 31 losses, and 4 ties. This ranks him 16th at Southwestern in terms of total wins and 23rd at Southwestern in terms of total winning percentage (as of completion of the 2007 season).[3]
Hower also coached men's basketball at Southwestern and was the 13th person on record to hold that post.[4] He coached for thirteen seasons, from 1955 until 1967 and then again for the 1970-1971 season. His record was 32 wins and 37 losses and the team secured two Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference championships in 1961 and again in 1963.[5]
Hower served as the athletic director at Southwestern until his sudden death from complications from an automobile accident in 1972.[6] His son Phil Hower would go on to coach the Moundbuilders from 1977 until the conclusion of the 1980 season.
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- ^ Kiowa News "Father-Son Banquet" April 12, 1961
- ^ WINFIELD AND THE WALNUT VALLEY "THE ATHLETIC PICTURE" A HISTORY COMMISSIONED BY THE WINFIELD ARTS COUNCIL AND THE BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION, Gilliland's Publishing Arkansas City, Kansas 1975
- ^ Southwestern College - Winfield, KS
- ^ Hovpen Sports Southwestern College Basketball
- ^ "Men's Basketball Coaches Records". Southwestern College. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
- ^ El Dorado Times, "Obituaries" April 22, 1972