Bobby Bowden
Bobby Bowden pictured in 2007
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 8, 1929 Birmingham, Alabama |
| Alma mater | Samford University |
| Playing career | |
| 1948 | Alabama (freshman team) |
| 1949–1952 | Samford Bulldogs football |
| Position(s) | Quarterback, running back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1954–1955 | Samford Bulldogs football (OC) |
| 1956–1958 | South Georgia State College |
| 1959–1962 | Howard (AL) |
| 1963–1965 | Florida State (WR) |
| 1966–1969 | West Virginia (OC) |
| 1970–1975 | West Virginia |
| 1976–2009 | Florida State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall |
377–129–4 |
| Bowls | 21–10–1 *1 win vacated |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 National (1993, 1999) 12 ACC (1992–2000, 2002–2003, 2005) 2 ACC Atlantic Division (2005) (2008) |
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| Awards | |
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Bobby Dodd COY (1980) Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (1991) Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (2011) |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 (profile) |
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377–129–4
*12 wins vacated.
Robert Cleckler Bowden (born November 8, 1929) is a retired American football coach. He coached the Florida State Seminoles football team from the 1976 to 2009 seasons. During his time at Florida State, Bowden led FSU to an Associated Press and Coaches Poll National Title in 1993 and a BCS National Championship in 1999, as well as twelve Atlantic Coast Conference championships since FSU joined the conference in 1991. After a difficult 2009 season and amid questioning fans, Bowden stepped down, just weeks after his 80th birthday. But he was allowed to make his final coaching appearance in the 2010 Gator Bowl game on January 1, 2010, with a 33–21 victory over his former program, West Virginia.
On the day of March 6, 2009 NCAA ruling requiring Florida State to "vacate wins for any games in which an ineligible player participated", threatened to remove as many as 14 of Bowden's wins from the 2006 and 2007 seasons in relation to an academic scandal. Florida State appealed the ruling, but the NCAA upheld it on January 5, 2010. Upon final investigation by Florida State University it was determined that Bowden was to vacate 12 wins, bringing his final career record to 377–129–4.
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Bowden spent a portion of his childhood ill in bed. Bowden is the son of Bob Bowden and Sunset (née Cleckler) Bowden. When he was 13 years old, Bowden was diagnosed with rheumatic fever. After a six-month hospital stay, Bowden was confined to his bed at home for just over a year with nothing more than his imagination to pass the time. It was listening to World War II reports on the radio that began Bowden's interest in the war, an interest he still has to this day. It was also around this time that his love for football increased, as he would listen to University of Alabama football on Saturday mornings.
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