Warren Powers, Ex Cougar Coach Dies

Rod Commons, former WSU sports information director, posted on the Die Hard Cougs Facebook group that former Cougar football coach Warren Powers has died.

Powers took the job after Jackie Sherrill left after one year in Pullman to take the head coaching job in Pittsburgh, the number one ranked program at the time. 

Powers was an assistant at Nebraska. He promised to bring stability to the Cougar program. He would go on to lead the team to a victory over  Nebraska to kick off a 7 win 4 loss season.

However, after the season, a job opened at the University Of Missouri in Powers native Midwest. Like Sherrill, he left after just one year. 

Powers played for the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl II in 1968.