title: Edd Bowers
text: # Edd Bowers
  
  Edd William Bowers (September 4, 1922 – September 16, 2008) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa from 1956 to 1959 and Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa from 1960 to 1978, compiling a career college football coaching record of 89–105–2. Bowers was also the head men's basketball coach at Grinnell from 1973 to 1974.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  ### College football
  
  | Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Iowa Wesleyan Tigers (Iowa Conference) (1956–1959) ||||||
  | 1956 | Iowa Wesleyan | 5–4 | 5–3 | 4th |
  | 1957 | Iowa Wesleyan | 2–7 | 1–7 | 9th |
  | 1958 | Iowa Wesleyan | 6–3 | 6–2 | 3rd |
  | 1959 | Iowa Wesleyan | 5–4 | 5–3 | 4th |
  | Iowa Wesleyan: | Iowa Wesleyan: | 18–18 | 17–15 | |
  | Grinnell Pioneers (Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1960–1978) ||||||
  | 1960 | Grinnell | 4–4 | 4–4 | 5th |
  | 1961 | Grinnell | 6–2 | 6–2 | T–1st |
  | 1962 | Grinnell | 7–0–1 | 7–0–1 | 1st |
  | 1963 | Grinnell | 5–3 | 5–3 | T–3rd |
  | 1964 | Grinnell | 5–3 | 5–3 | T–4th |
  | 1965 | Grinnell | 6–2 | 6–2 | 2nd |
  | 1966 | Grinnell | 2–6 | 1–3 | 8th |
  | 1967 | Grinnell | 2–6 | 2–6 | 9th |
  | 1968 | Grinnell | 3–5 | 3–5 | T–6th |
  | 1969 | Grinnell | 6–3 | 6–3 | T–3rd |
  | 1970 | Grinnell | 5–4 | 4–4 | 5th |
  | 1971 | Grinnell | 2–7 | 1–7 | T–8th |
  | 1972 | Grinnell | 2–7 | 1–7 | 9th |
  | 1973 | Grinnell | 0–9 | 0–8 | 810th |
  | 1974 | Grinnell | 3–6 | 2–5 | 6th |
  | 1975 | Grinnell | 4–5 | 3–5 | 6th |
  | 1976 | Grinnell | 3–5 | 0–5 | 6th (West) |
  | 1977 | Grinnell | 4–4–1 | 1–3–1 | T–4th (West) |
  | 1978 | Grinnell | 2–6 | 0–4 | 5th (Blue) |
  | Grinnell: | Grinnell: | 71–87–2 | 57–79–2 | |
  | Total: | Total: | 89–105–2 | | |
  | National championship  Conference title  Conference division title or championship game berth ||||||
  