Vic Rowen, Professor of Physical Education, with a Texas Coach

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Vic Rowen, Professor of Physical Education, sitting with a Texas coach and holding a magazine.Rowen served as head football coach for thirty years during San Francisco State’s “Golden Years of Gator Football.” Rowen was elected Northern California Coach of the Year and Far Western Conference Coach of the Year in 1961 and 1967. Gator Football declined during the national campus turmoil following the 1967 season during 1968-1969 when Rowen’s Squad won no titles. During his tenure, future Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid served as an offensive line coach at San Francisco State under Rowen, highlighting Rowen’s enduring influence on the next generation of football leadership.

Identifier
TP-ATA-1619
Date
June 1972
Context

Credits: Vic Rowen's bio was provided by Meredith Eliassen and the description was developed with the assistance of ChatGPT, an AI language model by OpenAI.

Geographic Coverage
San Francisco, CA
Temporal Coverage
1954-1995
Type
Still Image
Format
Negative
Source
San Francisco State University Archives
Rights
Public
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273

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