Bo Rowland
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 20, 1903 Arkadelphia, Arkansas |
| Died | September 23, 1964 (aged 61) Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1919–1921 | Henderson-Brown |
| 1923–1924 | Vanderbilt |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1925–1930 | Henderson-Brown |
| 1931 | Ouachita Baptist |
| 1932–1934 | Oklahoma (assistant) |
| 1935 | Syracuse (assistant) |
| 1936–1939 | Cornell (assistant) |
| 1940–1942 | The Citadel |
| 1946–1947 | Oklahoma City |
| 1948–1951 | George Washington |
| Basketball | |
| 1925–1931 | Henderson-Brown |
| 1936–1938 | Cornell |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1940–1945 | The Citadel |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 72–43–7 (football, excluding Oklahoma City) 40–58 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame | |
John Howell "Bo" Rowland (March 20, 1903 – September 23, 1964) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at Henderson-Brown College—now Henderson State University (1925–1930), Ouachita Baptist University (1931), The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina (1940–1942), Oklahoma City University (1946–1947), and George Washington University (1948–1951). Rowland was also the head basketball coach at Henderson-Brown from 1925 to 1931 and at Cornell University from 1936 to 1938, tallying a career college basketball mark of 40–58. Rowland died at the age of 61 on September 23, 1964 at a hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas.[1] He was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1968.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Citadel Bulldogs (Southern Conference) (1940–1942) | |||||||||
| 1940 | The Citadel | 4–5 | 0–4 | ||||||
| 1941 | The Citadel | 4–3–1 | 0–2–1 | ||||||
| 1942 | The Citadel | 5–2 | 2–2 | ||||||
| The Citadel: | 13–10–1 | 2–8–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 13–10–1 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Bo Rowland, 61, Football Coach And Reynolds Executive, Dies" (PDF). The New York Times. Associated Press. September 24, 1964. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
- ^ "Class of 1968". Archived from the original on April 17, 2016.
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