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Cowell's first two teams at Baylor (1999-2000) each finished fourth in the Big 12. In his first season, the Bears earned an NCAA selection, and the team just missed the cut in 2000. In his three seasons at Baylor, Cowell has coached nine all-Big 12 selections and seven all-region players. The Bears have ranked as high as 12th nationally and are establishing their place among the nation's best programs, year in and year out. In 1999, Cowell's first Baylor team battled through injuries and the transition period that every new coach goes through to make the program's second-straight NCAA appearance. However, a first-round loss meant an early exit for Baylor and left the team hungry for more. The 2000 season saw a young Baylor team gel late in the season, suffering only one loss after September. The Bears had five seniors, including a healthy Molly Cameron, but the team also depended heavily on the 16 freshman who comprised more than half their roster. The 2001 squad saw the worst of both worlds, as a series of injuries took its toll on a young team. The Bears began the year with 30 players on the roster but finished the final game of the season with just 15 players available and healthy to play. With injuries claiming the team's top two goalkeepers and four other players going down for the season with torn ACLs, Baylor was again forced to rely on its youth. In doing so, Bear fans caught a glimpse of the future for Baylor soccer -- and the future looks good. The goal for Cowell at Baylor is to duplicate or even top the success he had at the Division III level with Trinity University at the D-I level as coach of the Bears. Cowell's 10 years in collegiate women's soccer prior to Baylor are filled with conference championships, NCAA tournament appearances, coach of the year honors and individual athlete accolades. Yet it was his enthusiasm for women's soccer and his determination to take the Baylor program even farther that made him the obvious choice to become the second head coach in the Baylor soccer program's history. "Coach Cowell's achievements in women's soccer are well noted, and he was a welcome addition to our already established young program," Baylor Athletic Director Tom Stanton said. Cowell joined the Baylor program after an eight-year stint at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, where he accumulated a winning percentage of .754. While there, he led his women's team to seven straight Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference titles, including 49-straight conference game victories and six trips to the NCAA Division III Tournament. During the 1998 season, the Tigers went 17-1-3 overall and claimed another SCAC title with a perfect 8-0 mark. Trinity shut out nine of their last 10 opponents in 1998 and advanced to the NCAA South Regional. They ended their season with a National Soccer Coaches Association of America ranking of No. 17. Trinity produced seven consecutive SCAC Player of the Year award winners under Cowell's tutelage. He also coached two academic all-Americans, six NSCAA all-Americans and eight academic all-South region honorees. His team also received the NSCAA Scholar Athlete Team Academic Award. "We used to go head-to-head in the Division III ranks and there are only two or three coaches at that level who I thought would give me trouble, and Nick was one of them. He knows the game of soccer and he seems to bring out the best in his players," said Patrick Baker, head women's soccer coach at Florida State University. Because of his success on the field, Cowell was named the SCAC Coach of the Year following the 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997 and 1998 seasons. In 1992, he garnered Regional Coach of the Year honors. Prior to his work at Trinity, Cowell was at the College of Wooster where he had a 22-11-4 record in two seasons. He led the Lady Scots to the North Coast Athletic Conference title in 1990. Following that season he was named the NCAC and Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association Coach of the Year. With all the success Cowell has worked toward, it is easy to forget that he has a passion for playing the game of soccer. During his days as a forward at Torquay High School in Devonshire, England, Cowell was a part of the Torquay team that finished as runners-up for the national championship title. He was also a member of the Devonshire state team that claimed the National Championship in 1978. After that, he went on to play at the University of Birmingham in England. Cowell helped lead his team to the National Championship game where they finished as runners-up in 1983. He was chosen to the all-England Universities team and the all-Great Britain Universities team. During his collegiate days, Cowell also played professionally for L'A.S.aixoise in France. After graduation, he went on to play professionally for the Torquay United team. His trip across the big pond came in response to an opportunity to play semi-professionally in New York. During that time he also began work on his master's degree while serving as a graduate assistant at Cleveland State University. The coaching bug bit and Cowell was off on a career that would eventually lead him to Waco. Cowell holds a United States Soccer Federation "A" license and an "Advanced National Diploma" from the National Soccer Coaches Association. He has coached the South Texas under-19 Olympic Development team, the Region III U-19 girls team at the national team camp and was a member of the the ODP Region III girls staff. A native of Torquay, England, Cowell earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Birmingham (England) and his master's degree from Cleveland State University. He and his wife Yvette have two daughters, Sydney and Devon.
Coaching Achievements
Prior to Baylor
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