Butler University Athletics

Scott McDowell was hired as the Assistant Equipment Manager in August of 2012. He was promoted to Equipment Manager in 2024. His duties include ordering/purchasing, inventory and maintenance of team equipment.

McDowell was awarded the 2025 Glenn Sharp Award, which is the most prestigious award that the Athletic Equipment Managers Association (AEMA) gives out each year at their annual convention. It is given to the member who has made the most significant beneficial contributions to the AEMA. Candidates are nominated from each District then reviewed by the Board of Directors and past award winners before the three finalists are voted by all active AEMA members.

He has been a certified member of the AEMA since 1998 and has served District 5 Secretary since 2015. McDowell has been a member of the association's Scholarship Committee since 2018, and was named Chair of the Lifetime Achievement Committee in 2024.

McDowell is a 1998 graduate of Indiana University where he studied Sport Marketing and Management. At IU, he was a three-year student manager for the football team. Scott has also worked with several NFL teams as a training camp equipment intern – Colts (’95, ’96), Panthers (’97), Ravens (’98), Buccaneers (’01) and Chargers (’02).

He also spent six seasons as Equipment Manager with the Rhein Fire of NFL Europe in Dusseldorf Germany (2000-2005). During that time the Fire appeared in three World Bowls, winning the championship in 2000.

McDowell is a certified Equipment Manager and member of the AEMA.

Scott and his wife, Adrienne, reside in Noblesville with their two kids, Carter and Jordan.