Coach Shaun McDowell enters his 4th year as Head Football Coach and Campus Athletic Coordinator for the Foster Falcons.  Prior to Foster, Coach McDowell was Head Coach/Campus Athletic Coordinator at Willowridge.  Previous coaching stops include Ft. Bend Bush and Cy-Creek High Schools.  As the Offensive Coordinator at Cy-Creek, his teams won 3 straight district championships and advanced to third round of the playoffs as recently as 2010.    This will be Coach McDowell's 11th year coaching.  

Coach McDowell played high school football at Ft. Bend Austin.  After high school, Coach McDowell received an appointment and football scholarship to the US Coast Guard Academy where he played fullback and was a member of the 1997 Freedom Football Conference Champions and helped the team earn a birth to the 1997 NCAA Div III playoffs.  After the Coast Guard, Coach McDowell earned a BBA in Finance from the University of Houston and a Masters of Education Administration from Lamar University.  

Coach McDowell has been married for 11 years to his wife Lisa, and has three children: Maya (10), Ella (7), and Shaun (5).