Patrick Edmund Cowan (born March 23, 1986, in Surrey, British Columbia) is a former American football quarterback.

[1] Cowan was previously the starting quarterback at UCLA after starter Ben Olson was injured in the middle of the 2006 season.

[3] Cowan ended his UCLA football career due to a knee injury during the 2008 spring practices.

Both brothers were born in Canada while their father Tim Cowan played quarterback for the BC Lions of the CFL.

Pat Cowan is currently employed at his alma mater, UCLA, as executive director, Office of Regional Giving.