Bill Bowes (born October 17, 1943) is an American former college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the

University of New Hampshire The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Durham, New Hampshire. It was founded and incorporated in 1866 as a land grant college in Hanover in connection with Dartmouth College, m ...

for 27 seasons, from 1972 to 1998, compiling a record of 175–106–5. Bowes is the longest-tenured and all-time winningest head coach for the

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team. His teams won four

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championships and two divisional championships. Bowes played college football at Pennsylvania State University, lettering for the

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from 1962 to 1964.

Head coaching record

The 1975 semifinal game was the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bowes, Bill 1943 births Living people Boston College Eagles football coaches College Football Hall of Fame inductees New Hampshire Wildcats football coaches Penn State Nittany Lions football coaches Penn State Nittany Lions football players Coaches of American football from Pennsylvania Players of American football from Pennsylvania