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Tommy Bowden
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| Tommy Bowden | ||
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| Title | Head Coach | |
| College | Clemson University | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Team Record | 60-38 | |
| Born | July 10, 1954 | |
| Place of birth | Birmingham, Alabama | |
| Career Highlights | ||
| Overall | 78-42 | |
| Coaching Stats | ||
| College Football DataWarehouse | ||
| Championships | ||
| C-USA Champion (1998) | ||
| Awards | ||
| C-USA Coach of the Year (1998)
ACC Coach of the Year (1999, 2003) FCA Football Coach of the Year (2006) |
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| School as a player | ||
| 1973-76 | West Virginia | |
| Position | Wide receiver | |
| Coaching positions | ||
| 1997-98 1999-Present |
Tulane Clemson |
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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 Seminoles, 26-10 at Death Valley. In 2006, Clemson went to Tallahasee and won, a rare feat in college football.
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.
| Results | ||||||
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| 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 | 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 | Declined Bowl Bid | |
| 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 | 8-5 | Lost Music City Bowl (Kentucky) | |
| Head Coaching Totals | 48-28 (63%) | 78-41 (66%) | 3-4 (43%) | |||
| College | Years | Capacity | Bowl |
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| 1991-1996 | Auburn University | Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers | 1996 Outback Bowl, 1996 Independence Bowl |
| 1990 | University of Kentucky | Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers | None |
| 1987-1989 | University of Alabama | Wide Receivers | 1988 Sun Bowl, 1988 Hall of Fame Bowl, 1990 Sugar Bowl |
| 1984-1986 | Duke University | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks | None |
| 1981-1983 | Florida State | Tight Ends | 1982 Gator Bowl, 1983 Peach Bowl |
| 1980 | Auburn University | Running Backs | None |
| 1978-1979 | Florida State | Defensive Backs | 1980 Orange Bowl |
| 1977 | West Virginia University | Graduate Assistant | None |
| 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 |
| Current Head Football Coaches of the Atlantic Coast Conference |
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Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech) | Bobby Bowden (FSU) | Tommy Bowden (Clemson) | Butch Davis (UNC) | Chan Gailey (Georgia Tech) | Jim Grobe (Wake Forest) | Al Groh (Virginia) | Jeff Jagodzinski (Boston College) | Ralph Friedgen (Maryland) | Tom O'Brien (NC State) | Ted Roof (Duke) | Randy Shannon (Miami) |
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