Dick Bowers
Richard T. "Dick" Bowers (August 9, 1930 - November 29, 2007) was an American college athletics administrator. He was the first athletic director at the University of South Florida (USF) from 1966 to 1982. During his tenure as athletic director, Bowers helped to establish the Sun Belt Conference, USF added 13 intercollegiate sports programs and built the USF Sun Dome, Red McEwen Field, and a university golf course. Bowers helped put USF on the map by hiring big name coaches including Robin Roberts for USF's baseball team and Lee Rose for USF's men's basketball team. From  1983 to 1989, he was an administrator and professor at the USF College of Business Administration. He was inducted into the inaugural class of the University of South Florida Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009. Bowers attended the University of Tennessee, where he played basketball for the Volunteers. He also served as a captain in the United States Army during the Korean War. See also. South Florida Bulls