Tim Cowie and success seem to go hand in hand. In seven years as a collegiate head coach, Cowie's teams have not had a losing season. Couple that with an overall winning percentage of .620 and it's easy to see how Cowie and success fit well together.

One of Cowie's innate abilities throughout his coaching career has been his knack for immediately raising the standard of excellence everywhere he has coached, with Davidson being no exception. The combined records of R.I.T., New York and Davidson the seasons before Cowie arrived were 56-49 (.533). Two of those schools ended those respective years with losing records. Undaunted, Cowie-led squads notched a combined 71-37 (.657) mark in his first season of work at the three schools.

In 2001, a year before Cowie arrived at Davidson, the Wildcats were a mere 15-17 overall and finished sixth in the Southern Conference. However, in 2002, Davidson returned to the forefront of SoCon volleyball by going 23-11 overall and placing third in the conference standings. In addition, Davidson took eventual SoCon champ College of Charleston to five games in the semifinals of the league tournament at the end of the season.

Prior to arriving at Davidson, Cowie spent two years in charge of New York University's women's volleyball team. In his rookie campaign at NYU in 2000, Cowie led the Division III Violets to a 22-12 overall record, including a first-place finish at the Scranton Invitational, a second-place finish at the SUNY-Oneonta Red Dragon Invitational and a third-place finish at the University Athletic Association Championships. For his efforts, Cowie and his assistants were named UAA Co-Coaching Staff of the Year.

Cowie's second season at NYU saw the Violets finish 17-14 overall, including wins over NCAA Division II Pace University, as well as UAA rivals Brandeis, Rochester, Chicago, Case Western and then-number-one-ranked Washington University. While at New York University, he recruited student-athletes that included All-Americans, NCAA All-Regions, an NCAA All-Region Freshman of the Year and UAA All-Conference players.

Cowie joined NYU after four seasons as head coach of the nationally-recognized women's volleyball team at the Rochester Institute of Technology. While at R.I.T., Cowie led the Tigers to a 125-43 overall record. His teams earned four consecutive NCAA Division III Tournament bids and advanced into the second round each of the four years. His first collegiate head-coaching experience came during the 1995-96 season. Cowie served as coach of the men's volleyball club team at the University of Rochester and led the program to a very successful 14-3 campaign.

A 1988 graduate of Roberts Wesleyan College with a degree in business administration, Cowie held many positions at his alma mater. He was an assistant women's volleyball coach at RWC from 1985-88 and then went on to become the men's basketball assistant coach (1989-1994). He returned to women's volleyball during the 1995-96 season.

In addition to his responsibilities at Davidson, Cowie has served on the NCAA Volleyball Rules Committee. He has also been a voter on the AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association) Coaches Poll and All-America Committee.

A native of Oshawa, Ontario, Cowie and his wife Gwen have three children - Emmily (10), Tim Jr. (9) and Ryan (7).