Question: Facts: - sport: football - player team: kansas state - admin years: 1981 -- 1985 - admin team: kansas state - coach team: hutchinson -lrb- assistant -rrb- southern illinois duke -lrb- assistant -rrb- jc kansas state -lrb- ob -rrb- southern illinois - player years: 1950 -- 1952 - coach years: 1963 -- 1976 1964 -- 1965 1966 1967 -- 1973 1974 - birth date: c. 1930 - player positions: halfback - name: dick towers - overall record: 29 -- 2 -lrb- juco -rrb- -- 37 -- 2 -lrb- college -rrb- 8 - cfbdwid: 2790 - alma mater: kansas state university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of dick towers .
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richard e. '' dick '' towers -lrb- born c. 1930 -rrb- is a former american football player and coach .he was the 12th head football coach for the southern illinois salukis in carbondale , illinois and he held that position for seven seasons , from 1967 until 1973 .his overall coaching record at siu was 29 wins , 37 losses , and 2 ties .this ranks him fifth at siu in terms of total wins and ninth at siu in terms of winning percentage .