ROLLA, MO- With no actual games taking place right now due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we want to get to know our coaches and department staff during this time.

Today, we get to know a little more about assistant football coach, Shane Dowty, who first started at Missouri S&T in 2016 helping with the Miners defense and helped the team rank as the fourth best defense in the Great Lakes Valley Conference while collecting 13 interceptions in 11 games.
 

• Name & Position

            Shane Dowty – Assistant Football Coach / Quarterbacks Coach

• Hometown

            Muscatine, Iowa

• Alma Mater

            University of Iowa (BBA) / Iowa State University (M.Ed.)

• Favorite athlete of all-time

            Tiger Woods

• Favorite sports teams (NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, etc.)

            Packers

• Favorite memory from S&T

            Seeing the success of our players – on and off the field

• Favorite overall sports memory

            First year as college coach – 2009 Iowa Football team won Orange Bowl, finished 11-2 and 7^th in country

• Who inspires you?

            My family and my players

• If you weren't working in collegiate athletics, what would you be doing?

            Teacher

• Current Netflix/Hulu binge

            Ozark

• Go-to takeout in Rolla

            Local Mexican Restaurants

• Favorite vacation spot

            Hawaii

• If you could have dinner with any person, dead or alive, who would it be?

            Kobe Bryant

• Best thing about your job

            Watching the growth and development of our players

• Favorite food/meal

            Pizza and doughnuts

• Favorite book

            Legacy by James Kerr

• Favorite movie

            Good Will Hunting

• Favorite TV show

            Breaking Bad