Tommy Bowden
Bowden on September 24, 2006 against North Carolina
Sport	Football
Team record	72-45
Born	July 10, 1954 (1954-07-10) (age 55)
Place of birth	Birmingham, Alabama
Career highlights
Overall	90-49
Coaching stats
College Football DataWarehouse
Championships
C-USA Champion (1998)
Awards
C-USA Coach of the Year (1998) ACC Coach of the Year (1999, 2003) FCA Football Coach of the Year (2006)
Playing career
1973-76	West Virginia
Position	Wide receiver
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1977 1978-79 1980 1981-82 1983-84 1985-86 1987-89 1990 1991-96 1997-98 1999-2008	West Virginia (GA) Florida State (DB) Auburn (RB) Florida State (TE) Duke (QB) Duke (OC) Alabama (WR) Kentucky (OC) Auburn (OC) Tulane Clemson

Tommy Bowden (born July 10, 1954 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American football coach who served as the head coach at Clemson University from 1999 until October 13, 2008. He is the son of Bobby Bowden, head coach at Florida State University, against whom he has coached in games nicknamed the "Bowden Bowl."

Contents 1 Coaching career 2 Personal 3 Head coaching record 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Coaching career

Before Clemson University Bowden was the head coach at Tulane, and an assistant at the University of Alabama, Auburn University, Duke University, the University of Kentucky, East Carolina University and, with his father, at Florida State. His 1998 Tulane squad went 12–0 and achieved a top-10 final ranking in both polls.

Bowden was hired as Clemson's head coach before the 1999 season. Bowden's Clemson teams went to a bowl game every year he coached there, except in 2004, when both teams agreed to decline any invitation to a bowl game for that year after a brawl with rival South Carolina. He was fired on October 13, 2008, after leading the team to a disappointing 3–3 record (1–2 ACC) at the midpoint of a season in which the Tigers had been an almost unanimous preseason pick to win their first ACC title under Bowden and were ranked #9 in the preseason polls. Wide receivers and assistant head coach Dabo Swinney was named as interim head coach for the remainder of the season.^[1]

[edit] Personal

Bowden attended and played football for West Virginia University from 1972 through 1976. He is married to the former Linda White and has two children, Ryan and Lauren. He is the son of Florida State Seminoles head coach Bobby Bowden and has two sisters and three brothers, including Terry, the head coach at the University of North Alabama, and Jeff, who serves as an assistant coach on his brother Terry's staff.

[edit] Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl	Coaches#	AP°
Tulane Green Wave (Conference USA) (1997–1998)
1997	Tulane	7–4	5–1	2nd
1998	Tulane	11–0	6–0	1st	W 41-27 Liberty Bowl	7	7
Tulane:		18-4	11-1
Clemson Tigers (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1999–2008)
1999	Clemson	6–6	5–3	2nd	L 7–17 Peach Bowl
2000	Clemson	9–3	6–2	2nd	L 20–41 Gator Bowl
2001	Clemson	7–5	4–4	4th (t)	W 49–24 Humanitarian Bowl
2002	Clemson	7–6	4–4	5th (t)	L 15–55 Tangerine Bowl
2003	Clemson	9–4	5–3	3rd	W 27–14 Peach Bowl	22	22
2004	Clemson	6–5	4–4	6th (t)	Declined*
2005	Clemson	8–4	4–4	3rd (Atlantic)	W 19–10 Champs Sports Bowl
2006	Clemson	8–5	5–3	2nd (Atlantic) (t)	L 20-28 Music City Bowl
2007	Clemson	9–4	5–3	2nd (Atlantic)	L 20-23 (OT) Chick-fil-A Bowl	22	21
2008	Clemson	3–3‡	1–2	5th (Atlantic)
Clemson:		72-45	43-32	‡ Bowden resigned on October 13, 2008.
Total:		90-49
National Championship         Conference Title         Conference Division Title
†Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll.

*Self-imposed punishment for team fight with South Carolina

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Clemson biography

Preceded by ?	Kentucky Wildcats Offensive Coordinator 1990	Succeeded by Rick Rhoades
Preceded by Larry Blakeney	Auburn Tigers Offensive Coordinator 1990–1996	Succeeded by Rodney Allison
Preceded by Buddy Teevens	Tulane University Head Football Coach 1997–1998	Succeeded by Chris Scelfo
Preceded by Tommy West	Clemson University Head Football Coach 1999–2008	Succeeded by Dabo Swinney

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