Victor Rowen (July 24, 1919 – January 14, 2013) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach.
His tenure of 28 years as head coach San Francisco State spanned over half of the length of time college football was played at the school.
[1] In Rowen's first years with the program, San Francisco State was a west-coast small college football powerhouse, winning eight Far Western Conference titles before 1967.
San Francisco State did not have a winning season between 1973 and when the program was cancelled in 1995.
While noted for producing outstanding players and coaches who would go on to win with other programs, San Francisco State football under Rowen's later years was not as successful as other Division II college football teams.