Guy Sumner Lowman (May 1877 â September 14, 1943) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and a player of baseball. He served as the head football coach at Warrensburg Teachers CollegeâÂÂnow the University of Central Missouri (1907), the University of Alabama (1910), Kansas State University (1911âÂÂ1914), and the University of WisconsinâÂÂMadison (1918). Lowman also coached basketball at Warrensburg Teachers College, now known as the University of Central Missouri (1907âÂÂ1908), the University of Missouri, (1908âÂÂ1910), Kansas State (1911âÂÂ1914), Indiana University (1916), and Wisconsin (1917âÂÂ1920) and baseball at Central Missouri State (1907âÂÂ1908), Missouri (1909âÂÂ1910), Alabama (1911), Kansas State (1912âÂÂ1915), and Wisconsin (1918, 1921âÂÂ1932).
Lowman graduated from Springfield College in 1905, where he lettered in baseball.
Following graduation, he began his career at Warrensburg Teachers College, coaching football, basketball, and baseball from 1907 to 1908. Subsequently, from 1908 to 1910, he coached baseball and basketball at the University of Missouri, posting a 19âÂÂ15 record in basketball and 20âÂÂ11âÂÂ1 record in baseball. In 1910, he moved to the University of Alabama, where he coached the football team for one season, recording a 4âÂÂ4 mark.
Leaving Alabama after one season, he moved to Kansas State University, where he coached football (four seasons), basketball (three seasons), and baseball (four seasons) between 1911 and 1915. His basketball teams posted winning records each year he coached them. His best football season at Kansas State was 1912, when his squad posted an 8âÂÂ2 record and won the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference title. He was fired after his 1914 football team recorded a 1âÂÂ5âÂÂ1 mark.
In 1916, Lowman moved to Indiana University, where he coached the basketball squad to a 13âÂÂ6 record. From 1917 to 1920, he coached baseball and basketball at the University of WisconsinâÂÂMadison. He also coached the Wisconsin football team for the 1918 season, posting a 3âÂÂ3 mark. His 1917âÂÂ18 basketball team posted a 14âÂÂ3 record and won the Big Ten Conference title.
After his coaching career ended, Lowman remained at the University of WisconsinâÂÂMadison as a professor, and served as chairman of the Physical Education Department there. He died on September 14, 1943, at the age of 66 after a long illness. The baseball field at Wisconsin was named in his honor.