Dick Towers

Dick Towers
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	c. 1930
Alma mater	Kansas State University
Playing career
1950–1952	Kansas State
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1963	Hutchinson JC
1964–1965	Kansas State (OB)
1966	Southern Illinois (assistant)
1967–1973	Southern Illinois
1974–1976	Duke (assistant)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1981–1985	Kansas State
Head coaching record
Overall	29–37–2 (college) 8–2 (JUCO)

Richard E. "Dick" Towers (born c. 1930) is a former American football player and coach. He was the 12th head football coach for the Southern Illinois Salukis in Carbondale, Illinois and he held that position for seven seasons, from 1967 until 1973. His overall coaching record at SIU was 29 wins, 37 losses, and 2 ties. This ranks him fifth at SIU in terms of total wins and ninth at SIU in terms of winning percentage.^[1]

References

↑ Southern Illinois Coaching Records

External links

Dick Towers at the College Football Data Warehouse

Southern Illinois Salukis head football coaches

William McAndrew (1913–1916)
Sam Patterson (1917)
William Lodge (1919)
William McAndrew (1921–1938)
Glenn Martin (1939–1949)
Bill Waller (1950–1951)
William O'Brien (1952–1954)
Albert Kawal (1955–1958)
Carmen Piccone (1959–1963)
Don Shroyer (1964–1965)
Ellis Rainsberger (1966)
Dick Towers (1967–1973)
Doug Weaver (1974–1975)
Rey Dempsey (1976–1983)
Ray Dorr (1984–1987)
Rick Rhoades (1988)
Bob Smith (1989–1993)
Shawn Watson (1994–1996)
Jan Quarless (1997–2000)
Jerry Kill (2001–2007)
Dale Lennon (2008–2015)
Nick Hill (2016– )

Kansas State Wildcats athletic directors

Zora G. Clevenger (1916–1920)
Mike Ahearn (1920–1947)
Thurlo McCrady (1947–1951)
Larry Mullins (1951–1956)
Bebe Lee (1956–1969)
Ernie Barrett (1969–1975)
John Jermier (1976–1977)
DeLoss Dodds (1978–1981)
Dick Towers (1981–1985)
Larry Travis (1985–1988)
Steve Miller (1988–1992)
Milt Richards (1992–1993)
Max Urick (1993–2001)
Tim Weiser (2001–2008)
Bob Krause (2008–2009)
John Currie (2009– )

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