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EspañolTERRY BOWDEN
__NOTOC__'Terry Bowden' is a college football analyst/commentator, motivational speaker and former college football coach. Bowden is the son of Florida State head football coach Bobby Bowden. His siblings include Tommy Bowden, the head football coach at Clemson and Jeff Bowden, former offensive coordinator at Florida State. Bowden currently serves as the color commentator for the Westwood One radio network's national NCAA game of the week, and as a college football writer for Yahoo! sports.[1] In an August 2007 column, he stated his desire to return to coaching for the 2008 football season. [2]
As a college football coach, Bowden compiled a 111-53-2 record with head coaching stints at Auburn University, Samford University, and Salem College.[3]
In his first season at Auburn in 1993, he led the Tigers to a perfect 11-0 season (the team was ineligible for post-season play because of infractions by the previous staff). Bowden's Tigers would run the string of undefeated games until the final game of the 1994 season against arch-rival Alabama and finish his first two seasons with a 20-1-1 record. The win-streak is still the longest in AU football history. Subsequent seasons were less successful and finally, after a string of injuries at the center position and disastrous start, Bowden resigned in the middle of the 1998 season the night before Auburn was to play Louisiana Tech. Bowden was given no assurances he would have a chance to remedy the situation for the next season and believed his firing was imminent due to the influence of powerful board member Bobby Lowder (who, five years later, played a controversial behind-the-scenes role[4] in a botched attempt to remove Bowden's successor Tommy Tuberville[5]). Bowden had fallen out of favor with Lowder the previous season.
While at Auburn, Bowden also came under fire from certain alumni and fans for a variety of reasons ranging from his line of ''Bowden Gear''-branded sportwear to his attendance of a James Taylor concert in Birmingham during the August pre-season practice period, as well as player arrests and recruiting difficulties.
While at Salem and Samford, Bowden coached quarterback Jimbo Fisher to a NCAA Division III National Player of the Year award.[6] Fisher became quarterbacks coach for Bowden at Auburn and after much success as the offensive coordinator for LSU is now the offensive coordinator at FSU for Bobby Bowden. Another quarterback from Bowden's time at Auburn, Patrick Nix is the current offensive coordinator for Miami (FL).
Bowden attended West Virginia University, was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, and graduated ''magna cum laude'' with a degree in accounting.[7] In addition to his post-grad work at Oxford University in England, he also received his Juris Doctor degree from Florida State University College of Law.
Aside from his analyst duties, Bowden also hosts ''The Terry Bowden Show'' on ESPN Florida Radio, is a college football writer for Yahoo! Sports and works in the off-season as a motivational speaker.
1. Westwood One Announces Terry Bowden And Kevin Kugler As NCAA Football Broadcast Team Sessa, Peter
2. You just never know Bowden, Terry
3. CNN/SI - College Football - Terry Bowden's Record - Saturday October 24, 1998 09:21 AM
4. A Tiger of a trustee Fish, Mike
5. Tuberville goes from pink slip to perfection
6. Jimbo Fisher
7. Samford University 2005 Football Media Guide
★ Official site
★ Columns at Yahoo! Sports
| Contents |
| Coaching career |
| Education |
| Miscellaneous |
| References |
| External links |
Coaching career
As a college football coach, Bowden compiled a 111-53-2 record with head coaching stints at Auburn University, Samford University, and Salem College.[3]
In his first season at Auburn in 1993, he led the Tigers to a perfect 11-0 season (the team was ineligible for post-season play because of infractions by the previous staff). Bowden's Tigers would run the string of undefeated games until the final game of the 1994 season against arch-rival Alabama and finish his first two seasons with a 20-1-1 record. The win-streak is still the longest in AU football history. Subsequent seasons were less successful and finally, after a string of injuries at the center position and disastrous start, Bowden resigned in the middle of the 1998 season the night before Auburn was to play Louisiana Tech. Bowden was given no assurances he would have a chance to remedy the situation for the next season and believed his firing was imminent due to the influence of powerful board member Bobby Lowder (who, five years later, played a controversial behind-the-scenes role[4] in a botched attempt to remove Bowden's successor Tommy Tuberville[5]). Bowden had fallen out of favor with Lowder the previous season.
While at Auburn, Bowden also came under fire from certain alumni and fans for a variety of reasons ranging from his line of ''Bowden Gear''-branded sportwear to his attendance of a James Taylor concert in Birmingham during the August pre-season practice period, as well as player arrests and recruiting difficulties.
While at Salem and Samford, Bowden coached quarterback Jimbo Fisher to a NCAA Division III National Player of the Year award.[6] Fisher became quarterbacks coach for Bowden at Auburn and after much success as the offensive coordinator for LSU is now the offensive coordinator at FSU for Bobby Bowden. Another quarterback from Bowden's time at Auburn, Patrick Nix is the current offensive coordinator for Miami (FL).
Education
Bowden attended West Virginia University, was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, and graduated ''magna cum laude'' with a degree in accounting.[7] In addition to his post-grad work at Oxford University in England, he also received his Juris Doctor degree from Florida State University College of Law.
Miscellaneous
Aside from his analyst duties, Bowden also hosts ''The Terry Bowden Show'' on ESPN Florida Radio, is a college football writer for Yahoo! Sports and works in the off-season as a motivational speaker.
References
1. Westwood One Announces Terry Bowden And Kevin Kugler As NCAA Football Broadcast Team Sessa, Peter
2. You just never know Bowden, Terry
3. CNN/SI - College Football - Terry Bowden's Record - Saturday October 24, 1998 09:21 AM
4. A Tiger of a trustee Fish, Mike
5. Tuberville goes from pink slip to perfection
6. Jimbo Fisher
7. Samford University 2005 Football Media Guide
External links
★ Official site
★ Columns at Yahoo! Sports
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