Sport(s) | Football, basketball |
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Biographical details | |
Born |
Arkadelphia, Arkansas |
March 20, 1903
Died | September 23, 1964 Little Rock, Arkansas |
(aged 61)
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 |
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. He was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1968.