Kwamane Bowens, a fashion icon who can also de-cleat you on the gridiron. (Photo courtesy Bowens)
Don’t hurt ’em, Kwamane!
Whoops, too late.
Former Coupeville High School football coach Kwamane Bowens is pulling double duty these days, working with a new generation of gridiron stars in Anacortes, while still bringing the thunder on the field.
Bowens, who is also finding time to get married, achieve academic excellence, and drop fresh music at a dizzying rate as Groovie Mane, pulls on the pads for the Everett Royals semi-pro squad.
The former NCAA D-I scholarship player leads his current team in tackles, having rung up 20 through the first three games of the season.
The Royals, who also have former Coupeville QB Dawson Houston on their roster, sit in first place in the Impact Eastern Conference of the Gridiron Developmental Football League.
Everett (2-1) returns to the field this coming Saturday, June 24 to host the Wenatchee Valley Storm, who are 0-3.
The Royals have found a great deal of success on the defensive side of the field, with Bowens and Co. holding their foes to a combined 28 points.
The other three squads in their division have all surrendered 60 or more points.
Bowens has played strongly in all three games, recording a season-high nine tackles against the Seattle Seminoles.
A Coupeville student in his younger days, the multi-threat talent returned to Cow Town after his college playing days, working as an assistant to head coach Marcus Carr.
Among the players Bowens helped train is Wolf grad Sean Toomey-Stout, currently playing for the University of Washington.
The football lifer was an assistant coach at Anacortes High School this past fall, helping guide a Seahawk team which went 9-2, falling 10-7 in a state quarterfinal nailbiter to eventual 2A runner-up North Kitsap.
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