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{{Infobox football biography
| name               = John Kowalski
| image               = 
| fullname            = 
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1951|12|22}}
| birth_place = Miłków, [[Poland]]
| collegeyears1 = 1969–1972
| college1 = [[New Haven Chargers]]
| manageryears1 = 1978–1979
| managerclubs1 = [[Cincinnati Kids]]
| manageryears2 = 1979–1980
| managerclubs2 = [[Pittsburgh Spirit]]
| manageryears3 = 1980–1981
| managerclubs3 = [[Hartford Hellions]]
| manageryears4 = 1981–1985
| managerclubs4 = [[Pittsburgh Spirit]]
| manageryears5 = 1989–1996
| managerclubs5 = [[Robert Morris Colonials]] (men)
| manageryears6 = 1991
| managerclubs6 = [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]] (interim)
| manageryears7 = 1993–1994
| managerclubs7 = [[United States men's national under-20 soccer team|United States U20]]
| manageryears8 = 1997–1998
| managerclubs8 = [[Tampa Bay Mutiny]]
| manageryears9 = 1999–2000
| managerclubs9 = [[Pittsburgh Riverhounds]]
| manageryears10 = 2001–2019
| managerclubs10 = [[Robert Morris Colonials]] (women)
}}

'''John Kowalski''' (born December 22, 1951, in Miłków, Poland) is a former coach of the professional [[United States]] [[football (soccer)|soccer]] clubs [[Tampa Bay Mutiny]] ([[Major League Soccer]]), [[Pittsburgh Riverhounds]] ([[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|NASL]]) and [[Pittsburgh Spirit]] ([[Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–92)|MISL]]). He also briefly managed the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States national team]] in 1991, compiling a 2–0–1 record.

Kowalski was also the head coach of the 1989 and 1992 U.S. five-a-side ([[Futsal]]) teams which won a bronze medal in the [[Netherlands]] in 1989<ref name="futsala">
{{cite news
 |url=https://www.fifa.com/en/comp/futsal/0,2458,103-FUTSAL-1989,00.html 
 |publisher=FIFA 
 |title=Netherlands 1989: Brazil show the way 
 |accessdate=October 12, 2006
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061010082705/http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/futsal/0%2C2458%2C103-FUTSAL-1989%2C00.html 
 |archivedate=October 10, 2006
 |url-status=dead 
}}</ref> and a silver medal in [[Hong Kong]] in 1992.<ref name="futsalb">
{{cite news
 |url=https://www.fifa.com/en/comp/futsal/0,2458,102-FUTSAL-1992,00.html 
 |publisher=FIFA 
 |title=Hong Kong 1992: Brazil boss it 
 |accessdate=October 12, 2006
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061009232908/http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/futsal/0%2C2458%2C102-FUTSAL-1992%2C00.html 
 |archivedate=October 9, 2006 
 |url-status=dead 
}}</ref> Since the [[FIFA Futsal World Championship|Futsal World Championship]] is a [[FIFA]] sanctioned event, the 1992 silver medal is the highest medal achievement the United States men's team has accomplished in [[FIFA]] worldwide soccer competition. The 1989 bronze was the first official U.S. medal in a [[FIFA]] world competition.<ref name="wc1930">There was no official World Cup Third Place match in 1930 and no official third place was awarded; [[United States men's national soccer team|U.S.]] and [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] each lost in the semi-finals.</ref>

He also coached the [[Robert Morris University]] women's soccer team from 2001 until 2019. With the Colonials, he amassed a career 112–224–19 record, and guided RMU to their first ever [[Northeast Conference]] Tournament appearance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rmusentrymedia.com/sports/kowalski-to-no-longer-be-at-the-helm-of-womens-soccer/|title=Kowalski out as women's soccer coach|last=Hedderick|first=Nick|website=RMU Sentry Media|access-date=November 13, 2019}}</ref> Kowalski is also the head coach of  the [[Fort Pitt FC Regiment]] of the [[National Premier Soccer League|NPSL]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fortpittregiment.com/view_playerlist.asp?action%3Dview_coachinfo%26id%3D54 |title=Fort Pitt Regiment – Pennsylvania – Powered by Soccer Max Websites! |accessdate=March 24, 2016|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405063303/http://www.fortpittregiment.com/view_playerlist.asp?action=view_coachinfo&id=54 |archivedate=April 5, 2016}}</ref> and the U-14 Girls Stars United team, located in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]].

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