Current position | |
---|---|
Title | Head Coach |
Team | Upper Iowa |
Conference | NSIC |
Record | 136-101 |
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 | 136-101 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
|
Brooks McKowen is an American college basketball coach, currently the head coach of the Peacocks at Upper Iowa University.[1]
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 114-93 (81-73 conference).
He was inducted into the IHSAA Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of its 2017 class.[4]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Upper Iowa (NSIC) (2013–present) | |||||||||
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 | 12-1 | 6-1 | ||||||
Upper Iowa: | 136–101 (.574) | 95–78 (.549) | |||||||
Total: | 136–101 (.574) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
|