Jowers, Milton W.

Milton "Coach" Warren Jowers

Born 7/12/1914

Died 12/16/1972

 Veteran 
WWIIMilton Warren Jowers was athletic director at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, TX from 1959 until his death in 1972. According to the UPI and AP obits that were published upon his death, he was "one of the most successful football and basketball coaches in Texas history."
He was basketball coach at Southwest Texas from 1946 to 1961 and his teams ran up a 287-105 record, winning four Lone Star conference titles and two co-championships. His 1960 team won the NAIA crown.
As football coach at SWT from 1951 through 1953 and 1961 through 1964, Jowers was 48-18-2.
At the start of World War II he resigned his coaching job and joined the US Navy, becoming a Gunnery Commander. Was on a ship during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Served from January 1942 until April 1946, then returned to Southwest Texas State to coach.
(Information from PLAYING FOR A WINNER book by Vernon McDonald, 2009)

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