Osborne "Ozzie" Cowles
Alma Mater:
Carleton (MN)
Class of:
1922
Hometown:
Browns Valley, MN
- Runner-up in 1942 NCAA Tournament with Dartmouth
- Served in the U.S. Navy for almost two years during World War II
- Final Top 20 Rankings (two: AP/UPI)--1949 (6) and 1955 (11/13)
- All-Americans (eight): Dartmouth's Audley Brindley (1944), Gus Broberg (1940 and 1941) and George Munroe (1942) and Minnesota's Dick Garmaker (1954 and 1955), Ron Johnson (1959), Jim McIntyre (1948 and 1949), Chuck Mencel (1953 and 1955) and Whitey Skoog (1949 through 1951).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1924-25 | Carleton | 9-8 | 5-3 | 2nd | Minn. College | |
1925-26 | Carleton | 7-7 | 4-4 | T-5th | Mid-West | |
1926-27 | Carleton | 12-5 | 5-2 | 4th | Midwest Coll. | |
1927-28 | Carleton | 13-1 | ||||
1928-29 | Carleton | 12-3 | ||||
1929-30 | Carleton | 14-2 | ||||
1933-34 | Wisconsin-River Falls | |||||
1934-35 | Wisconsin-River Falls | 5-3 | 3rd | WSTCC (West) | ||
1935-36 | Wisconsin-River Falls | |||||
1936-37 | 14-8 | 8-4 | EIBL | |||
20-5 | 8-4 | 1st | EIBL | DNP | ||
18-5 | 10-2 | 1st | EIBL | DNP | ||
15-6 | 11-1 | 1st | EIBL | DNP | ||
19-5 | 10-2 | 1st | EIBL | NCAA (1-1) | ||
22-4 | 10-2 | T-1st | EIBL | NCAA (2-1) | ||
20-3 | 11-1 | 1st | EIBL | NCAA (1-1) | ||
6-8 | 2-4 | 3rd | EIBL | DNP | ||
13-3 | 7-1 | 1st | EIBL | DNP | ||
12-8 | 6-6 | 5th | Big Nine | DNP | ||
16-6 | 10-2 | 1st | Big Nine | NCAA (1-1) | ||
18-3 | 9-3 | 2nd | Big Nine | DNP | ||
13-9 | 4-8 | T-6th | Big Nine | DNP | ||
13-9 | 7-7 | T-4th | DNP | |||
15-7 | 10-4 | 3rd | DNP | |||
14-8 | 11-7 | T-3rd | DNP | |||
17-5 | 10-4 | T-3rd | DNP | |||
15-7 | 10-4 | T-2nd | DNP | |||
11-11 | 6-8 | T-6th | DNP | |||
14-8 | 9-5 | T-3rd | DNP | |||
10-12 | 5-9 | T-8th | DNP | |||
8-14 | 5-9 | 9th | DNP |
- 31-Year Coaching Record: 421-198 (.680) overall
- 67-26 (.720) in six years at Carleton (MN)
- 35-18 (.660) in three years at Wisconsin-River Falls
- 144-47 (.754) in nine years at Dartmouth
- 28-14 (.667) in two years at Michigan
- 147-93 (.613) in 11 years at Minnesota
- 77-21 (.786) in Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League (forerunner of Ivy League)
- 102-76 (.573) in Big Nine/Big Ten Conference (16-8 with Michigan/86-68 with Minnesota)
- 5-4 (.556) in NCAA Tournament