Dick Towers
{{Short description|American football coach (1931–2023)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Dick Towers
| image =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|2|10}}
| birth_place = Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|4|23|1931|2|10}}
| death_place = Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1950–1952
| player_team1 = Kansas State
| player_positions = Halfback
| coach_years1 = 1955–1957
| coach_team1 = Leavenworth HS (KS)
| coach_years2 = 1958–1962
| coach_team2 = Manhattan HS (KS)
| coach_years3 = 1963
| coach_team3 = Hutchinson
| coach_years4 = 1964–1965
| coach_team4 = Kansas State (OB)
| coach_years5 = 1966
| coach_team5 = Southern Illinois (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 1967–1973
| coach_team6 = Southern Illinois
| coach_years7 = 1974–1976
| coach_team7 = Duke (OB)
| admin_years1 = 1981–1985
| admin_team1 = Kansas State
| overall_record = 29–37–2 (college)
8–2 (junior college)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = 1 KJCCC (1963)
| awards =
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}}
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.[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/gateway/southern_illinois/coaching_records.php Southern Illinois Coaching Records] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030706094700/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/gateway/southern_illinois/coaching_records.php |date=July 6, 2003}} 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.{{cite news |author= |title=At High School New Coaches; DeWitz, Towers Get Posts |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37206928/the_manhattan_mercury/ |newspaper=The Manhattan Mercury |location=Manhattan, Kansas |date=March 7, 1958 |page=1 |access-date=October 14, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
Towers died from complications of multiple myeloma in Manhattan, Kansas, on April 23, 2023. He was 92.{{cite web |title=Coach Dick Towers | website=Legacy.com |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/dick-towers-obituary?id=51739704 |access-date=April 27, 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Dent |first1=Bucky |title=Richard 'Dick' Towers, former coach, dies |url=https://thesouthern.com/sports/siu-football-richard-dick-towers-former-coach-dies/article_76097e48-e535-11ed-ad14-f7052f898c16.html |website=The Southern Illinoisan |date=April 27, 2023 |access-date=April 27, 2023}}
Head coaching record
=College=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Southern Illinois Salukis
| conf = NCAA College Division / Division I independent
| startyear = 1967
| endyear = 1973
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1967
| name = Southern Illinois
| overall = 3–7
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1968
| name = Southern Illinois
| overall = 6–3
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1969
| name = Southern Illinois
| overall = 5–5
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1970
| name = Southern Illinois
| overall = 6–3
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1971
| name = Southern Illinois
| overall = 6–4
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1972
| name = Southern Illinois
| overall = 1–8–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1973
| name = Southern Illinois
| overall = 3–7–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Southern Illinois
| overall = 29–37–2
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 29–37–2
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
| legend = no
}}
=Junior college=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Hutchinson Blue Dragons
| conf = Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference
| startyear = 1963
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1963
| name = Hutchinson
| overall = 8–2
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = T–1st
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Hutchinson
| overall = 8–2
| confrecord = 7–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 8–2
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=Year-by-Year Summary |url=https://www.bluedragonsports.com/sports/fball/Records/FB_Season_by_Season |publisher=Hutchinson Community College Athletics |access-date=May 27, 2024 }}{{cite web |author= |title=Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference All-Time Football Standings |url=https://www.kjccc.org/sports/Scanned_Records/Scanned_Football/KJCCC_All-Time_Football_Standing_Composite.pdf |publisher=Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference |page=4 |access-date=May 27, 2024 }}
References
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