[1] After completing high school, Cowan contacted all sixteen AFL clubs to seek a coaching position.

After no interest from fifteen of the clubs, Geelong agreed to meet with her and appointed her as a Western Australian based talent scout at just seventeen years of age.

[3] She spent eight years with West Perth before moving to the South Fremantle Football Club, also as the midfield coach.

[6] Due to family reasons she left the club in July and became the inaugural coach of the Fremantle AFL Women's team.

[7] After entering the inaugural AFL Women's season as favourites to win the premiership, Fremantle failed to live up to the pre-season expectation with the AFL head of female football and junior development, Josh Vanderloo, stating the reason was most likely due to injuries to key players and losing elite Western Australian talent to other states as marquee signings.