Tim Stowers

Timothy Stowers (born February 8, 1958) is an American football coach and former player. He served as the head football coach at the Georgia Southern University from 1990 to 1995 and the University of Rhode Island from 2000 to 2007, compiling a career college football coaching record of 84–80. His 1990 Georgia Southern Eagles football team won the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship. Stowers was the head football coach at Southwest Mississippi Community College from 2018 to 2020.

Early life and playing career Stowers was born on February 8, 1958, in Union Springs, Alabama. He and his family moved to Huntsville, Alabama, early in his childhood.

Stowers and his father, the superintendent for the Huntsville School District in Alabama with three degrees from the University of Alabama, would regularly make the 150-mile trip from Huntsville to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to watch Alabama football practices under Bear Bryant. and all-state linebacker and center, for Grissom High School. Six years after Stower's father's death, he would then be rejected from his father's alma mater. Stowers alternated between nose guard on defense and offensive guard on offense. Upon Stowers' promotion, offensive line coach Jim King described him as "very intelligent and can make adjustments faster than a lot of players...He came back in excellent shape, and we have confidence in his ability to take up some of the slack."

In May 1980, Stowers received his Bachelor of Physical Education from Auburn.

Coaching career Immediately after Stowers' injury, he joined the coaching staff for Auburn as a student assistant. Alongside his on-field coaching duties, he served as scout for the team. After eight seasons at Auburn, three as a player and five as a coach, Stowers earned his first full-time coaching job as he was hired as the offensive line coach for Jacksonville State under new head coach Joe Hollis. Hollis and Stowers worked alongside each other at Auburn as Hollis was a fellow assistant from 1978 to 1979. After two months and the hiring of Bill Burgess, Stowers accepted the offensive line position under Erk Russell at Georgia Southern. In 1988, Stowers was promoted to offensive coordinator.

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