Howard served on the coaching staff of the Blue-Gray game in Montgomery, Alabama in 1941, 1952, 1959, and 1966; was on the East staff of the annual East-West game in San Francisco in December 1960, and again in December 1962; and was named coach of the South squad in Miami's 1961 and 1969 North-South game. He coached in the 1970 Hula Bowl, which was his ninth postseason all-star game. While still in active coaching Howard served as one of the rules committee members for A period of three years.