Tommy Bowden

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Tommy Bowden

Bowden on September 24, 2006 against North Carolina
Date of birth	July 10, 1954
Place of birth	Birmingham, Alabama
Sport	Football
College	Clemson University
Title	Head Coach
Record with Team	52-33
Overall Record	70-37
Awards	2 ACC Coach of the Year
Coaching Stats	College Football DataWarehouse
School as a player
1973-76	West Virginia
Position	Wide receiver
Schools as a coach
1997-98 1999-Present	Tulane Clemson

Tommy Bowden (born July 10, 1954 in Birmingham, Alabama) is the head football coach at Clemson University. He is the son of Bobby Bowden, head coach at Florida State University. Bowden has never had a losing season at Clemson. He is a 2 time ACC Coach of the Year. In the 2003 season, he became the first coach in NCAA history, to defeat 2 coaches with 200 or more wins in a 1 month span, in Bobby Bowden, and Lou Holtz. During his first year, his Clemson team broke 46 school records.^{[citation needed]}

His biggest win came in November 2003 against his father's #3 ranked Florida State team 26-10. It is rumored that his father 'let him win' this game since he was on the 'hot seat' at the time and this big win would save his job.

Bowden previously 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's Clemson teams have been to a bowl game every year he has been coaching there, except in 2004, when a brawl with rival South Carolina kept the Tigers from going to a bowl. Tommy is married to the former Linda White and has two children, Ryan and Lauren.

[edit] Head coaching records

			Results
Season	Team	League	Conference Standing/Record	Overall Record	Bowl Results
1997	Tulane	Division I-A	2nd C-USA / 5-1	7-4
1998	Tulane	Division I-A	1st C-USA / 6-0	11-0	Accepted Clemson job and resigned before Tulane's win over (BYU) in Liberty Bowl.
1999	Clemson	Division I-A	2nd ACC / 5-3	6-6	Lost Peach Bowl (Mississippi State)
2000	Clemson	Division I-A	2nd ACC / 6-2	9-3	Lost Gator Bowl (Virginia Tech)
2001	Clemson	Division I-A	T-4th ACC / 4-4	7-5	Won Humanitarian Bowl (Louisiana Tech)
2002	Clemson	Division I-A	T-5th ACC / 4-4	7-6	Lost Tangerine Bowl (Texas Tech)
2003	Clemson	Division I-A	3rd ACC / 5-3	9-4	Won Peach Bowl (Tennessee)
2004	Clemson	Division I-A	T-6th ACC / 4-4	6-5
2005	Clemson	Division I-A	3rd ACC - Atlantic / 4-4	8-4	Won Champs Sports Bowl (Colorado)
2006	Clemson	Division I-A	T-2nd ACC - Atlantic / 5-3	8-4	Pending
Head Coaching Totals			48-28 (63%)	78-41 (66%)	3-3 (50%)

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Preceded by: Buddy Teevens	Tulane University Head Football Coach 1997–1998	Succeeded by: Chris Scelfo
Preceded by: Tommy West	Clemson University Head Football Coach 1998–	Succeeded by: Current

Tulane Green Wave Head Football Coaches
Bayne • Sweet • Bayne • Baum • Lombard • Collier • Summersgill • Dabney • Eshleman • Berry • Tobin • Russ • Curtis • Brown • Mason • Hoffman • Sweetland • Shaughnessy • Fuller • Shaughnessy • Bierman • Cox • Dawson • Simons • Frnka • Wolf • Pilney • O'Boyle • Pittman • Ellender • Smith • Gibson • English • Brown • Davis • Teevens • Bowden • Scelfo • Toledo

Clemson Tigers Head Football Coaches
Riggs • W.M. Williams • Penton • Heisman • Shealy • Cochems • Williams • Shaughnessy • Stone • Dobson • Hart • Donahue • Stewart • Saunders • Cody • Neely • Howard • Ingram • Parker • Pell • Ford • Hatfield • West • Bowden