[6] As a quarterback, he led the Oak Hill football team to two undefeated seasons, for a total of eighteen consecutive victories.

[6] When he first arrived on campus at North Carolina State University to play varsity basketball, Towe was considered "a novelty, or another publicity gimmick, much like a midget in Barnum & Bailey's" because of his the five foot seven inch (1.7 m) height.

[2][7] Towe, along with David Thompson, is credited with inventing the long pass or alley-oop.

[2] As a result, the UPI selected Towe for its small-American team after his sophomore year.

[11] In 2016, the 1974 Men's Basketball Team was inducted into the NC State Athletic Hall of Fame.

[12] At NC State, Towe also played varsity baseball, covering second base for his first five games in the spring of 1972.

[7] His sophomore year, Towe was one of the featured players in the team's media guide [7] However, his broken wrist was expected to hamper a starting position.

[7] With Towe, NC State won the 1973 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament.

[15] Towe joined NC State teammate David Thompson in signing with Denver under coach Larry Brown on June 17, 1975.

[1] After his retirement as a player, Towe returned to NC State and became an assistant under his former college coach, Norm Sloan, from 1978 to 1980.

[18] He returned to the United States and was an assistant for the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the Continental Basketball Association under head coach Flip Saunders from 1994 to 1995.

[3] On April 14, 2011, he was named an assistant coach at Middle Tennessee State University under Kermit Davis, staying there through 2014.