Tom Bowen (athletic director)
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Athletic director |
| Team | Memphis |
| Conference | The American |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 27, 1961 Denver, Colorado |
| Alma mater | University of Notre Dame |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1987–1995 | De La Salle HS (CA) |
| 1997–2000 | Saint Mary's (CA) (assoc. AD) |
| 2000 | Saint Mary's (CA) (interim AD) |
| 2000–2002 | California (assoc. AD) |
| 2004–2012 | San Jose State |
| 2012–present | Memphis |
Thomas Michael Bowen (born May 27, 1961) is an American sports executive. He currently serves as the athletic director at the University of Memphis, a position he has held since 2012. Bowen held the same position at San Jose State University from 2004 to 2012. He previously worked in the front office for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL).
Bowen was born Denver, Colorado and spent his childhood and Stone Mountain, Georgia and San Francisco, California. He played one year of college football at the University of San Diego, before transferring to the University of Notre Dame and studying for the Catholic priesthood.
Bowen began his career as a high school football coach in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 1987, he moved to Concord, California to become athletic director at De La Salle High School, a Catholic secondary school. After eight years at De La Salle, Bowen became director of foundations and corporate relations at nearby Saint Mary's College of California in May 1995. At the beginning of 1997, Bowen moved to the Saint Mary's athletic department to become an associate athletic director overseeing budget, sponsorship, and student-athlete affairs. Bowen held that position until April 2000. Briefly in 2000, Bowen was also interim athletic director at Saint Mary's.
From July 2000 to September 2002, Bowen was associate athletic director for fundraising at the University of California, Berkeley.
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