Colwyn Rowe

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Colwyn Rowe

| image =

| full_name = Colwyn Roger Rowe

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|3|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ipswich, England

| height =

| position = Winger

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Colchester United

| years1 = 1973–1975

| clubs1 = Colchester United

| years2 = 1975–1976

| clubs2 = Chelmsford City

| caps1 = 12

| goals1 = 2

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 = Lowestoft Town

| manageryears2 = 1980

| managerclubs2 = Ipswich Wanderers

| manageryears3 = 2003–2004

| managerclubs3 = Woodbridge Town

| manageryears4 = 2004

| managerclubs4 = Heybridge Swifts

| manageryears5 = 2004–2006

| managerclubs5 = Jordan U17

| manageryears6 = 2006–2008

| managerclubs6 = Botswana

| manageryears7 = 2008

| managerclubs7 = Al Ahly Youth

| manageryears8 = 2011–2012

| managerclubs8 = Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

}}

Colwyn Roger Rowe (born 22 March 1956) is an English football coach and former professional player.

Playing career

Rowe began his professional career in 1973 with Colchester United,{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/colchester/colchester.html|title=Colchester United:1950/51-1989/90 & 1992/93-2007/08|accessdate=12 October 2008|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database}} before signing with Chelmsford City in 1975.

Coaching career

After retiring as a professional player, Rowe began work as a professional football coach. He was a manager of several semi-professional teams in England, including Lowestoft Town, Ipswich Wanderers, Woodbridge Town, and Heybridge Swifts.{{cite web|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=10278|title=Rowe's the Man for Woodbridge|date=19 May 2003|publisher=NonLeagueDaily.com|url-status=usurped|access-date=1 January 2012|archive-date=20 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820204412/http://nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=10278}} Rowe was responsible for setting up the PASE scheme, a football academy for aspiring footballers to train full-time alongside education with Ipswich Wanderers and also Woodbridge Town.{{cite web|url=https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/sport/whitton-can-set-the-pase-thanks-to-rowe-1-130969|title=Whitton can set the PASE thanks to Rowe|date=22 November 2002|first=Elvin|last=King|work=Ipswich Star|access-date=1 January 2020|archive-date=1 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101211831/https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/sport/whitton-can-set-the-pase-thanks-to-rowe-1-130969|url-status=dead}} In 2004 Rowe ran a FA course for coaches from war-torn Iraq.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/InternationalRelations/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2004/12/FootballUnited_Iraq.htm|title=United for development|accessdate=12 October 2008|date=21 December 2004|publisher=The Football Association|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041229200313/https://www.thefa.com/TheFA/InternationalRelations/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2004/12/FootballUnited_Iraq.htm|archivedate=29 December 2004|url-status=dead}} In 2005, he helped to set up the youth programme of the Jordan national side.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/essex/content/articles/2007/10/04/watn_colwyn_rowe_feature.shtml|title=Where are they now: Colwyn Rowe|accessdate=12 October 2008|date=4 October 2007|publisher=BBC}} He became the manager of the Botswana national team in August 2006,{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/5234692.stm|title=Rowe is new Botswana coach|accessdate=12 October 2008|date=1 August 2006|publisher=BBC}} before leaving in June 2008.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/7435704.stm|title=Botswana sack coach Rowe|accessdate=12 October 2008|date=4 June 2008|author=Tshepho Bogosing|publisher=BBC}} In June 2008 he became the technical director and football manager of the Al Ahly youth section.{{cite news|last1=King|first1=Elvin|title=Rowe leaves Botswana coaching post|url=http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/sport/rowe-leaves-botswana-coaching-post-1-141859|work=Ipswich Star|date=6 July 2008|access-date=4 December 2017|archive-date=20 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820202918/https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/sport/rowe-leaves-botswana-coaching-post-1-141859|url-status=dead}}

He was manager of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from February 2011 to April 2012.[https://int.soccerway.com/coaches/colwyn-rowe/199286/ Soccerway profile]

Personal life

Rowe is married and has two sons, Jonathan and James.{{cite web|url=https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/sport/coach-colwyn-is-the-toast-of-botswana-1-110533|title=Coach Colwyn is the toast of Botswana|work=Ipswich Star|date=10 October 2006|first=Mel|last=Henderson|access-date=17 July 2020|archive-date=4 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204015853/https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/sport/coach-colwyn-is-the-toast-of-botswana-1-110533|url-status=dead}}