Richard Lowry 2002 Inductee Football 1974-79

Richard Lowry
Dick Lowry served as head football coach at Wayne State from 1974 through the 1979 season compiling a 38-21-1 overall mark with a league record of 16-7-1, which included one league title and four runner-up finishes.

Lowry, a native of Berea, Ohio, then served as head football coach at Hillsdale College for 17 seasons (1980-96) leading the Chargers to five GLIAC championships and one Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference title. His 1985 squad won the NAIA National Championship with an 11-1-1 record. While at Hillsdale, his teams recorded a .705 winning percentage (134 wins, 54 losses, 2 ties).

He was voted by his peers as the 1982 NAIA National Coach of the Year after leading his team to a 12-1 overall record. In addition, he was selected conference Coach of the Year six times.

During his tenure at Hillsdale, he saw 30 of his players selected as NAIA and NCAA Division II All-Americans and Academic All-Americans.

Lowry, a 1957 graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College, and his wife, Phyllis, reside in Berea, Ohio.