Brooks McKowen is an American college basketball coach, currently the head coach of the Peacocks at Upper Iowa University.[1]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head Coach |
| Team | Upper Iowa |
| Conference | NSIC |
| Record | 190–129 |
| Playing career | |
| 2003–2007 | Northern Iowa |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2007–2009 | Northern Iowa (GA) |
| 2009–2010 | Northern Iowa (assistant) |
| 2010–2011 | Des Moines Area CC (assistant) |
| 2011–2013 | SMSU (assistant) |
| 2013–present | Upper Iowa |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 190–129 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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He had a successful career at Wapsie Valley High School in his hometown of Fairbank, Iowa, finishing as the state's all-time scoring leader and winning Iowa Mr. Basketball honors in 2003.[2] McKowen then played basketball at Northern Iowa under Greg McDermott and Ben Jacobson. After his playing days were over, he stayed at Northern Iowa as a graduate assistant, then as a video coordinator. In 2010, he left and spent one season as an assistant coach at Des Moines Area Community College. Afterwards, he spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Southwest Minnesota State University under head coach Brad Bigler. While there, the Mustangs won their first ever Northern Sun men's basketball tournament championship in 2012.[3]
In 2013, McKowen was hired as the head coach of the Upper Iowa Peacocks.[2] Through seven seasons, the Peacocks have gone 190–129 (135–95 conference).
He was inducted into the IHSAA Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of its 2017 class.[4]
Head Coaching Record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Iowa (NSIC) (2013–2023) | |||||||||
| 2013–14 | Upper Iowa | 16–14 | 13–9 | T-7th | |||||
| 2014–15 | Upper Iowa | 17–13 | 12–10 | T-7th | |||||
| 2015–16 | Upper Iowa | 16–17 | 11–11 | T-7th | |||||
| 2016–17 | Upper Iowa | 22–11 | 16–6 | T-4th | NCAA DII First Round | ||||
| 2017–18 | Upper Iowa | 17–15 | 10–12 | T-8th | |||||
| 2018–19 | Upper Iowa | 7–22 | 4–18 | T-15th | |||||
| 2019–20 | Upper Iowa | 19–11 | 15–7 | T-3rd | |||||
| 2020–21 | Upper Iowa | 10–7 | 8–4 | 4th | |||||
| 2021–22 | Upper Iowa | 26–6 | 18–4 | 2nd | NCAA Division II Regional semifinals | ||||
| 2022–23 | Upper Iowa | 16–13 | 13–9 | T-4th | |||||
| Upper Iowa (GLVC) (2023–present) | |||||||||
| 2023–24 | Upper Iowa | 22–10 | 15–5 | 2nd | NCAA Division II Regional semifinals | ||||
| 2024–25 | Upper Iowa | 2–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Upper Iowa: | 190–129 (.596) | 135–95 (.587) | |||||||
| Total: | 190–129 (.596) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ "Brooks McKowen". UIU Athletics. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ a b Sullivan, Jim (July 30, 2013). "Brooks McKowen formally named Upper Iowa basketball coach". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- ^ "Mustangs Win NSIC Tournament Championship! West Named Tournament MVP". SMSU Athletics. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ Budlong, Jeff (March 10, 2017). "Three with NW Iowa ties enter Hall of Fame". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
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