Dick Towers

Richard Ephraim Towers (February 10, 1931 – April 23, 2023) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He was the 12th head football coach at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, serving for seven seasons, from 1967 to 1973, and compiling a record of 29–37–2. Towers was the athletic director at Kansas State University from 1981 to 1985, Iowa State associate athletic director 1986–1989.

A native of Olathe, Kansas, Towers attended Kansas State University, where he played football as a halfback and ran track, competing in the half-mile and 400 metres hurdles.

Towers died from complications of multiple myeloma in Manhattan, Kansas, on April 23, 2023. He was 92.

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Southern Illinois Salukis (NCAA College Division / Division I independent) (1967–1973)
1967	Southern Illinois	3–7
1968	Southern Illinois	6–3
1969	Southern Illinois	5–5
1970	Southern Illinois	6–3
1971	Southern Illinois	6–4
1972	Southern Illinois	1–8–1
1973	Southern Illinois	3–7–1
Southern Illinois:		29–37–2
Total:		29–37–2

Junior college

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Hutchinson Blue Dragons (Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference) (1963)
1963	Hutchinson	8–2	7–1	T–1st
Hutchinson:		8–2	7–1
Total:		8–2
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

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