Dylan John McGowan (born 6 August 1991) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish Championship club Hamilton Academical.

McGowan was born in Adelaide, Australia, where he played youth football for Para Hills Knights before moving to Hearts in his parents' homeland, where he made his debut after loan spells for East Fife and Gold Coast United.

He had short stints in Portugal, South Korea and Denmark's top tiers before returning to Australia for Western Sydney Wanderers for two seasons.

[6] McGowan made his debut for the club coming on as substitute for Mehdi Taouil in the 84th minutes, in a 3–0 win over Dundee United on 22 September 2012.

[7] In a 0–0 draw against Hibernian on 4 January 2013, McGowan drew praise from Manager John McGlynn for a good display, including stopping striker Leigh Griffiths.

[8] McGowan started at right back when Hearts lost 3–2 to St Mirren in the Scottish League Cup Final.

[12] He made a good start when he provided a cross to Callum Paterson to make it 1–0 against Hibernian, which Hearts won on 11 August 2013.

[24] McGowan scored an extra time winner against Sydney FC to send Adelaide United to the quarterfinal of the FFA Cup on 27 August 2015.

[37] McGowan has been capped 28 times and has scored 4 for the Australia U-20 side and was a member of the team that finished runners-up in the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship and the U/20 World Cup in Colombia.