Warren C. "Brady" Cowell (December 12, 1899 – April 15, 1989) was an American college football

College football

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, basketball

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, and baseball

College baseball

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 coach and college athletic director

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. Cowell played football, basketball and baseball at Kansas State Agricultural College

Kansas State University

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, and later served as the basketball and baseball head coach at the University of Florida

University of Florida

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, and the football and basketball head coach and athletic director at Stetson University

Stetson University

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.

Early years

Cowell was born in Clay Center, Kansas

Clay Center, Kansas

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 in 1899. He attended Kansas State Agricultural College

Kansas State University

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, where he lettered in football, basketball, and baseball before graduating in 1922.

Coaching career

After graduating from Kansas State, Cowell coached for two years at Iola High School

Iola High School

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 in Iola, Kansas

Iola, Kansas

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. In 1924, he moved on to the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida

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, where he accepted a position as the head coach for the freshman Florida Gators football

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 team, and later as an assistant coach for the Gators varsity from 1928 to 1932. Cowell served as the head coach of the Florida Gators basketball

Florida Gators men's basketball

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 team from 1925 to 1933, compiling an eight-season win-loss record of 83–96. He also coached the Florida Gators baseball

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 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

Stetson University

Stetson University is a private university with four colleges and schools located across the I-4 corridor in Central Florida. The primary undergraduate campus is located in DeLand, Florida, USA. In the 2012 U.S...

 in DeLand, Florida

DeLand, Florida

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 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 War II

World War II

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. 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

College basketball

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 record of 83–96.

Life after coaching

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.

Football

Baseball

See also

• Florida Gators
  Florida Gators
  The Florida Gators are the intercollegiate sports teams that represent the University of Florida located in Gainesville, Florida. The "Lady Gators" is an alternative nickname sometimes used by the Gators women's teams...
  
  
• Florida Gators football, 1920–1929
• Florida Gators football, 1930–1939
• History of the University of Florida
  History of the University of Florida
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• Stetson Hatters
• University Athletic Association
  University of Florida Athletic Association
  The University Athletic Association, Inc. is a non-profit corporation that is responsible for maintaining the Florida Gators intercollegiate sports program of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida...