Soccer Skills Pay Off

Last Friday night at the Ft. Dodge High School football game Coach McGowan put his soccer skills to good use.  Below is the write up and video from the college website.

McGowan kicks for cash

by Josh Sandin
Photo Courtesy of Paul DeCoursey
Posted on 9/30/2010
FORT DODGE - If Iowa Central women’s soccer coach Willie McGowan had a penny for every soccer ball he had kicked in his life, it still may not add up to as much as he made for his first kick of a football.
The Iowa Central and Fort Dodge Senior High soccer coach was drawn randomly at Friday night’s Fort Dodge-Ames football game to kick a 40-yard field goal that would pay $10,000 if he made it. McGowan, who admittedly had never kicked a football before, booted the pigskin through the right upright and cleared the posts by 10-yards.
"The stadium completely erupted when the ball went through the posts,” said McGowan in an interview with the Messenger. “It stayed true and didn't really skip a beat. All I remember seeing was the ball going through the uprights, and once it went through, I just dropped to my knees and shook a man's hand. Then, I celebrated for a while and walked off the field."
McGowan also joked that he will remain at Iowa Central despite the numerous calls from NFL teams.
McGowan said he plans on taking a vacation with his family and donating some to a charity. The $10,000 “Kick for Cash” was sponsored by Kingsgate Insurance, First Federal Saving Bank of Iowa and West Bend Mutual Insurance Company.