Bill Bowes (American football)
# Bill Bowes (American football)

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 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 New Hampshire Wildcats football team. His teams won four Yankee Conference championships and two divisional championships. Bowes played college football at Pennsylvania State University, lettering for the Nittany Lions from 1962 to 1964.

## Head coaching record

| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | $NCAA^#$ | $TSN^°$ |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| New Hampshire Wildcats (Yankee Conference) (1972–1996) ||||||||
| 1972 | New Hampshire | 4–5 | 2–3 | 4th | | | |
| 1973 | New Hampshire | 4–5 | 2–3 | 4th | | | |
| 1974 | New Hampshire | 5–4 | 3–3 | T–3rd | | | |
| 1975 | New Hampshire | 9–3 | 5–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division II Semifinal† | | |
| 1976 | New Hampshire | 8–3 | 4–1 | 1st | L NCAA Division II Quarterfinal | | |
| 1977 | New Hampshire | 8–2 | 3–2 | 3rd | | | |
| 1978 | New Hampshire | 6–4–1 | 1–3–1 | 5th | | | |
| 1979 | New Hampshire | 5–4–2 | 2–2–1 | 4th | | | |
| 1980 | New Hampshire | 6–4 | 2–3 | 4th | | | |
| 1981 | New Hampshire | 7–3 | 2–3 | 4th | | 10 | |
| 1982 | New Hampshire | 4–6 | 1–4 | 6th | | | |
| 1983 | New Hampshire | 7–3 | 3–2 | 3rd | | 20 | |
| 1984 | New Hampshire | 9–2 | 3–2 | 3rd | | 11 | |
| 1985 | New Hampshire | 6–4 | 2–3 | T–3rd | | | |
| 1986 | New Hampshire | 7–4 | 4–3 | 4th | | | |
| 1987 | New Hampshire | 7–3 | 4–3 | 4th | | | |
| 1988 | New Hampshire | 6–5 | 4–4 | T–3rd | | 20 | |
| 1989 | New Hampshire | 7–3 | 5–3 | T–4th | | | |
| 1990 | New Hampshire | 7–3–1 | 5–3 | T–2nd | | T–19 | |
| 1991 | New Hampshire | 9–3 | 7–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division I-AA First Round | 11 | |
| 1992 | New Hampshire | 5–5–1 | 3–5 | 7th | | | |
| 1993 | New Hampshire | 6–5 | 4–4 | 4th (New England) | | | |
| 1994 | New Hampshire | 10–2 | 8–0 | 1st (New England) | L NCAA Division I-AA First Round | | 12 |
| 1995 | New Hampshire | 6–5 | 4–4 | 3rd (New England) | | | |
| 1996 | New Hampshire | 8–3 | 6–2 | 1st (New England) | | | 18 |
| New Hampshire Wildcats (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1997–1998) ||||||||
| 1997 | New Hampshire | 5–6 | 5–3 | 1st (New England) | | | |
| 1998 | New Hampshire | 4–7 | 3–5 | T–3rd (New England) | | | |
| New Hampshire: | New Hampshire: | 175–106–5 | | | | | |
| Total: | Total: | 175–106–5 | | | | | |
| National championship  Conference title  Conference division title or championship game berth ||||||||

†The 1975 semifinal game was the Grantland Rice Bowl.

