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Q&A With Bowl Opponent Tommy Bowden 
2007 Auburn Football
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Dec 25, 2007 |
Bowden Press Conference Notes
CLEMSON - Head coach Tommy Bowden met with the media Tuesday morning to discuss the season opener.
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Aug 29, 2006 |
Bowden's Tuesday Press Conference
CLEMSON - Read what Coach Bowden had to say about Saturday's game against the Duke Blue Devils.
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Nov 1, 2005 |
Tommy Bowden Wednesday Comments
CLEMSON - Clemson's head coach talks about Wednesday's practice during the Tigers' off-week.
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Oct 5, 2005 |
Clemson Football Notebook
Listen to Clemson head coach Tommy Bowden talk about Saturday's game against Miami.
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Sep 14, 2005 |
Bowden's Tuesday Press Conference
Listen to Clemson head coach Tommy Bowden talk about his team headed into the Miami game.
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Sep 13, 2005 |
Tommy Bowden Monday Comments
Listen to Clemson head coach Tommy Bowden talk about his team Monday evening.
-by CUTigers.com
Sep 12, 2005 |
Tommy Bowden's Tuesday Press Conference
Listen to Clemson's head coach talk about Saturday's game against Maryland.
-by CUTigers.com
Sep 6, 2005 |
Tommy Bowden's Tuesday Press Conference
Listen to Clemson head coach Tommy Bowden talk about this weekend's season opener.
-by CUTigers.com
Aug 30, 2005 |
C Tommy Bowden: Talks Concerns Against A&M
-by CUTigers.com
Aug 29, 2005 |
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Coaching Experience
Tommy Bowden began his college football experience as a walk-on wide receiver at West Virginia. He played for his father between 1973-74-75 and then for Frank Signetti during the 1976 season. As a junior he caught 15 passes for 189 yards and one score. Bowden remained at West Virginia for the 1977 season and began his coaching career, serving as a graduate assistant on Signetti's staff. His father then hired him as a secondary coach at Florida State for the 1978 season.
That experience confirmed to Bowden that he was in a profession that would be his life's work. The Seminoles posted a 19-4 mark in his two seasons at Florida State.
In 1980, Bowden joined the staff at East Carolina, where he coached for the Spring practice session of 1980. That spring, he moved to Auburn and served as the Tigers running backs coach for the 1980 season. In 1981, Bowden returned to Tallahassee as the tight ends coach. In two more years at Florida State, the Seminoles posted a 15-8 mark. The 1982 team ranked 13th in the final poll, claimed a 9-3 record and a Gator Bowl championship.
In 1983, Bowden accepted his first job as a coordinator. He served under Steve Sloan at Duke as the Blue Devils quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator. It was as the Duke offensive coordinator that Bowden made his first trip to Death Valley as a coach.
After four years at Duke, Bowden became the wide receivers coach at Alabama under Bill Curry. It was at Alabama that Bowden refined his offensive coaching prowess under noted offensive mind Homer Smith, then the Alabama Offensive Coordinator.
In 1990, Bowden returned to a coordinator role, serving Kentucky as its offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach. That season he helped the Wildcats to their first upper division SEC finish since 1984.
In 1991, Bowden joined Pat Dye at Auburn. He would remain with the SEC Tigers for six years, his longest stint as a college assistant coach. During his tenure, Auburn was a combined 46-20-2, including a perfect 11-0 season in 1993. Auburn had four Associated Press top 25 seasons, including a number-four final ranking in 1993 and a number-nine final rating in 1994. The Tigers were 20-1-1 in 1993-94 combined. Bowden worked under his brother Terry Bowden for his last four years at Auburn and the Tigers had a 36-9-1 record with both Bowdens on the staff.
Graduate assistant coach at West Virginia (1977)
Defensive backs coach at Florida State (1978-79)
Running backs coach at Auburn (1980)
Tight ends coach at Florida State (1981-83)
Offensive coordinator/QB coach at Duke (1984-86)
Wide receivers coach at Alabama (1987-89)
Offensive coordinator/WR at Kentucky (1990)
Offensive coordinator/WR at Auburn (1991-96)
Head coach at Tulane (1997-98)
Head coach at Clemson (1999-present)
Playing Experience
Wide receiver at West Virginia (1973-76)
Education
B.S. in physical education with a minor in health from West Virginia in 1976
Personal Data
Born on July 10, 1954, in Birmingham, AL, Bowden is married to the former Linda Joan White, who he first met when the two were in school together at Morgantown High in West Virginia. The couple has two children, Ryan (19), a sophomore at Clemson, and Lauren (16) a junior at Daniel High in Clemson. |
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