Brooks McKowen

Brooks McKowen
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
	Iowa Mr. Basketball (2003);

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]

Head Coaching Record[edit]

Statistics overview
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 Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

^ "Brooks McKowen". UIU Athletics. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b Sullivan, Jim (July 30, 2013). "Brooks McKowen formally named Upper Iowa basketball coach". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
^ "Mustangs Win NSIC Tournament Championship! West Named Tournament MVP". SMSU Athletics. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
^ Budlong, Jeff (March 10, 2017). "Three with NW Iowa ties enter Hall of Fame". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved January 20, 2021.

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