 After retiring from playing, Rowe became the pitching coach for the Chicago White Sox in 1988 (although he was forced to step aside because of ill health in June) and the Milwaukee Brewers from 1992 to 1998, and worked as a pitching coach in the farm systems of the California Angels, San Francisco Giants, White Sox and Brewers.He also coached football, baseball and tennis at Golden West College, Huntington Beach, California.Rowe died from Parkinson's disease in Newport Beach, California, at the age of 69.