Brooks McKowen is an American college basketball coach, currently the head coach of the Griffons at Missouri Western State University
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. 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.
In 2013, McKowen was hired as the head coach of the Upper Iowa Peacocks. He spent 12 seasons with the Peacocks, compiling an overall record of 209–138 (149–101 conference).
On March 25, 2025, it was announced that McKowen would be named the next head coach of the Missouri Western Griffons who play in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.
He was inducted into the IHSAA Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of its 2017 class.
Head coaching record
References
External links UNI Panthers bio