Terry Bowden
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| Terry Bowden | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | University of North Alabama | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Born | 1956 (age 52–53) | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 111-53-2 | |
| Bowls | 2-1 | |
| Coaching stats | ||
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| Awards | ||
| 1993 Paul "Bear" Bryant Award 1993 Walter Camp Coach of the Year |
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| Playing career | ||
| 1977-1978 | West Virginia | |
| Position | Running back | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1982 1983-1985 1986 1987-1992 1993-1998 2009- |
Florida State (GA) Salem Akron (Assistant) Samford Auburn North Alabama |
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Terry Bowden (born 1956) is an American college football head coach currently employed by the University of North Alabama, but is best known for his five years as head football coach at Auburn. Bowden is the son of Florida State head football coach Bobby Bowden. His siblings include Tommy Bowden, the former head football coach at Clemson, and Jeff Bowden, former offensive coordinator at Florida State.
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[edit] Education
Bowden attended West Virginia University, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, and graduated magna cum laude with a degree in accounting.[1] In addition to his post-graduate work at Oxford University in England, he also received his Juris Doctorate degree from Florida State University College of Law.
[edit] Coaching career
Terry Bowden began his coaching career as a graduate assistate at Florida State before becoming the nation's youngest head coach at age 26 when he accepted the position at Salem College in 1983. While at Salem, he won two WVIA Conference titles. In 1986, Bowden left to be an assistant coach at Akron University for Gerry Faust. In 1987, Bowden became the head coach at Samford University, a school where his father played and coached. At Samford, Bowden directed the progam's move from Division III football to Division I-AA scholarship football. In 1991, Bowden's Samford team reached the I-AA semifinals.[2]
[edit] Auburn University
In 1992, Bowden was hired to succeed Pat Dye as the head football coach of Auburn University. Bowden's hiring occurred while the program faced NCAA sanctions, which included scholarship reductions, a one-year television ban, and a two-year postseason ban.
During his first year at Auburn, Bowden led the Tigers to a perfect 11-0 season, becoming the first coach to go undefeated in his debut season at a Division I school. The 1994 season ended 9-1-1, establishing Auburn's longest winning streak in history with 20 games.
In 1997, Auburn reached the SEC title game, where they held as much as a 20-7 lead, but lost after they gave up a last minute, 73-yard touchdown pass to Peyton Manning of the Tennessee Volunteers.
In 1998 Bowden's fate at Auburn changed as he faced criticism for recruiting woes, off-the-field issues that resulted in player discipline, and in his relationships with Auburn supporters.[original research?] These issues combined, with a string of injuries at center and in the backfield, lead to a disastrous start of the 1998 season. After starting with a 1-5 record, Bowden resigned as head coach the night before Auburn played against Louisiana Tech[3]. In conversations with Athetic Director David Housel, Bowden was given no assurances he would have a chance to remedy the situation for the next season, and that he believed his termination was imminent.[4] The team was coached for the remainder of the season by Bill Oliver.
[edit] North Alabama
On December 31, 2008 it was announced that he would be the next head football coach at the University of North Alabama in Florence.[5] He was officially introduced as the head football coach at the University Center on January 1, 2009.[6] Bowden was tapped to replace Mark Hudspeth, who left after directing the Lions to a 12-2 record and a third berth in seven years in the national playoff semifinals to become the passing game coordinator at Mississippi State University under new head coach Dan Mullen.
[edit] Coaching tree
While at Salem and Samford, Bowden coached quarterback Jimbo Fisher to a NCAA Division III National Player of the Year award.[7] Fisher later became quarterbacks coach for Bowden at Auburn, and after much success as the offensive coordinator for LSU, is now the offensive coordinator and head coach-in-waiting at Florida State, where is he is under contract to take over when Bobby Bowden retires. Another quarterback from Bowden's time at Auburn, Patrick Nix, has been the offensive coordinator for Georgia Tech and Miami (FL).
[edit] Coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Salem College (WVIA Conference) (1983–1985) | |||||||||
| 1983 | Salem | 3-7 | |||||||
| 1984 | Salem | 8-3 | |||||||
| 1985 | Salem | 8-3 | |||||||
| Salem: | 19-13-0 | ||||||||
| Samford Bulldogs () (1987–1992) | |||||||||
| 1987 | Samford | 9-1 | |||||||
| 1988 | Samford | 5-6 | |||||||
| 1989 | Samford | 4-7 | |||||||
| 1990 | Samford | 6-4-1 | |||||||
| 1991 | Samford | 12-2 | |||||||
| 1992 | Samford | 9-3 | |||||||
| Samford: | 45-23-1 | ||||||||
| Auburn Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (1993–1998) | |||||||||
| 1993 | Auburn | 11-0 | 8-0 | 1 - West* | Ineligible* | 4 | |||
| 1994 | Auburn | 9-1-1 | 6-1-1 | 2 - West* | Ineligible* | 9 | |||
| 1995 | Auburn | 8-4 | 5-3 | 2 - West | L 14-43 Outback Bowl | 21 | 22 | ||
| 1996 | Auburn | 8-4 | 4-4 | 3 - West | W 32-29 Independence Bowl | 25 | 24 | ||
| 1997 | Auburn | 10-3 | 6-2 | 1 - West (t) | W 21-17 Peach Bowl | 11 | 11 | ||
| 1998 | Auburn | 1-5^ | 1-4^ | 6 - West | |||||
| Auburn: | 47-17-1 | 30-14-1 | |||||||
| North Alabama (Gulf South Conference) (2009–present) | |||||||||
| 2009 | North Alabama | ||||||||
| North Alabama: | |||||||||
| Total: | 111-53-2 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. °Rankings from final AP Poll of the season. |
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*On NCAA probation.
^Bowden resigned after the first six games of the 1998 season.
[edit] Post-coaching career
After resigning at Auburn, Bowden accepted a role as a studio analyst and color commentator for ABC Sports' college football coverage. He is also an exclusive college football columnist for Yahoo! Sports. In 2006, Bowden became the expert analyst for Westwood One radio network's College Football National Game of Week.[8] He also co-hosts "The Coaches Show" on Sirius Satellite Radio with Jack Arute and works several times a month as a motivational speaker.
In a July 2007 column, Bowden stated his desire to return to coaching for the 2008 football season.[9] Following the coaching vacancy left by the departure of West Virginia head coach Rich Rodriguez for Michigan, Bowden campaigned for the position calling West Virginia "the dream job" for him. However, interim head coach Bill Stewart was offered the job instead of Bowden after the Mountaineers upset the Oklahoma Sooners in the 2008 Fiesta Bowl. Following the 2008 season, Bowden took the head coach position at North Alabama.
[edit] References
- ^ "Samford University 2005 Football Media Guide". http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/samf/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/Records.pdf. Retrieved on 2005-12-02.
- ^ http://www.terrybowden.com/long_bio.html
- ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/news/1998/10/23/bowden_out
- ^ Fish, Mike (2006-01-13). "A Tiger of a trustee". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2285976. Retrieved on 2006-09-17.
- ^ "Terry Bowden named head coach at North Alabama". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3803269&campaign=rss&source=NCFHeadlines.
- ^ Perrin, Mike (2009-01-01). "Terry Bowden introduced as University of North Alabama coach". The Birmingham News. http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/01/terry_bowden_introduced_as_uni.html. Retrieved on 2009-01-01.
- ^ "Jimbo Fisher". LSU Athletic Department. http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=28715&SPID=2164&DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=174005&Q_SEASON=2006. Retrieved on 2006-10-16.
- ^ Sessa, Peter (2006-08-10). "Westwood One Announces Terry Bowden And Kevin Kugler As NCAA Football Broadcast Team". Westwood One. http://www.westwoodone.com/site/pressrelease?pid=26525. Retrieved on 2006-10-08.
- ^ Bowden, Terry (2007-07-30). "You just never know". Yahoo Sports. http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news;_ylt=Aq0bvGOigc2Osal9pZbAKmscvrYF?slug=tb-youjustneverknow073007&prov=yhoo&type=lgns. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
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| Preceded by Jim Purtill |
Salem College Head Football Coach 1983–1985 |
Succeeded by Dana 'Corky' Griffith |
| Preceded by Kim Alsop |
Samford University Head Football Coach 1987–1992 |
Succeeded by Chan Gailey |
| Preceded by Pat Dye |
Auburn University Head Football Coach 1993–1998 |
Succeeded by Bill Oliver (interim); Tommy Tuberville |
| Preceded by Mark Hudspeth |
North Alabama Head Football Coach 2009-'present' |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Gene Stallings |
Paul "Bear" Bryant Award 1993 |
Succeeded by Rich Brooks |
| Preceded by Gene Stallings |
Walter Camp Coach of the Year 1993 |
Succeeded by Joe Paterno |
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