David McGowan (born 27 April 1981) is an Australian high-performance rowing coach and former representative rower.
At the 2002 Australian Rowing Championships he raced for the open men's coxless four title in a WA composite crew and placed second.
McGowan was first selected to represent Western Australia in 1999 in the men's youth eight at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships.
[4] In 2003 he was selected in the bow seat of the West Australian men's senior eight to contest the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta.
In 2007, prior to his departure for Europe, he and Gavin Russel co-coached the winning Trinity College crew in the 2007 WA schools Head of the River.
While in Sweden, McGowan worked together with Chalmers University, co-writing papers relating to coach communication with athletes presenting at the 2015 icsport conference in Lisbon.
He then coached the men's double scull of Philip Doyle and Ronan Byrne to a silver medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships.
On 2 February 2021, McGowan was appointed as the Performance Manager of Swedish esports organisation Ninjas in Pyjamas.