Alan Gowans (American football)

Alan Gowans
Biographical details
Born	January 28, 1899
Died	June 14, 1965 (aged 66); Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1920–1921	Cornell (IA)
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1922–1924	Emmetsburg HS (IA)
1925	Ottawa (assistant)
1926–1928	Des Moines
1930–1936	Macalester
1937–1953	Minneapolis Roosevelt HS (MN)
Basketball
1936–1937	Macalester
Head coaching record
Overall	24–46–6 (college football)

Alan O. Gowans (January 28, 1899 – June 14, 1965) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Des Moines University in Des Moines, Iowa from 1926 to 1928 and Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota from 1930 to 1936.^[1] Gowans was also the head basketball coach at Macalester in 1936–37.^[2]

Gowans was a native of Emmetsburg, Iowa. He earned a master's degree at the University of Minnesota. After leaving Macalester, Gowans coached football at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis. He died of cancer on June 14, 1965, in Minneapolis.^[3]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Des Moines Tigers (North Central Conference) (1926)
1926	Des Moines	2–7	1–4	7th
Des Moines Tigers (Independent) (1927–1928)
1927	Des Moines	4–6–1
1928	Des Moines	4–4–1
Des Moines:		10–17–2	1–4
Macalester Scots (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1930–1936)
1930	Macalester	5–2	3–2	T–3rd
1931	Macalester	4–2–1	2–2–1	5th
1932	Macalester	1–4–1	1–3–1	7th
1933	Macalester	1–5	1–4	8th
1934	Macalester	1–5–1	1–3–1	7th
1935	Macalester	1–5–1	0–3–1	T–6th
1936	Macalester	1–6	1–4	T–7th
Macalester:		14–29–4	9–21–4
Total:		24–46–6

^ "Alan Gowans". Cornell Rams. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "Gowans leads Mac to Hoops Crown". The Concordian. March 18, 1937. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "Gowans Services Thursday". Des Moines Tribune. Des Moines, Iowa. June 16, 1965. p. 23. Retrieved December 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .