Roland Adhemar Cowell (September 22, 1895 – August 27, 1953) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator.
[1] Cowell served as the head football coach at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) from 1922 to 1923, Des Moines University, from 1924 to 1925 and Northern Illinois State Teachers College—now known as Northern Illinois University—from 1926 to 1928.
Cowell was an assistant coach in basketball, baseball, and track at Ole Miss.
Cowell was a graduate of the University of Illinois where he also played football.
[2][3] His brother, Butch Cowell, was also a coach and administrator in college athletics.