Clemson Football

Friday 08/04/2000

Bowden Family Coaching Facts

Category	Bobby Bowden	Tommy Bowden	Terry Bowden	Jeff Bowden
Birth	November 8, 1929 Birmingham, AL	July 10, 1954 Birmingham, AL	February 24, 1956 Douglas, GA	December 30, 1959 Birmingham, AL
College	*Howard ’53	West Virginia ’77	West Virginia ’78	Florida State ’83
Playing Experience	*Howard, 1950-52 Quarterback	West Virginia, 1972-76 Wide Receiver	West Virginia, 1975-78 Running Back	Florida State, 1979-82 Wide Receiver
Current Occupation	Head Coach Florida State	Head Coach Clemson	Commentator	TBA
First Job in Coaching	Assistant Coach *Howard, 1954	Graduate Assistant West Virginia, 1977	Graduate Assistant Florida State, 1979	Wide Receivers Salem College, 1983
First Full-Time Coaching Position	Assistant Coach *Howard, 1953	Secondary East Carolina, 1980	Head Coach Salem College, 1983	Wide Receivers Salem College, 1983
Schools Coached (Head or Assistant)	South Georgia (JC), *Howard, West Virginia, Florida State	West Virginia, Florida State, East Carolina, Auburn, Duke, Alabama, Kentucky, Tulane, Clemson	West Virginia, Akron, Florida State, Samford, Salem, Auburn	Salem, Florida State, Samford, Southern Mississippi
Years as College Coach	54	29	20	24
Years as an Assistant	13	19	5	23
Head Coaching Experience	Samford, 1959-62 West Virginia, 1970-75 Florida State, 1976-2006	Tulane, 1997-98 Clemson, 1999-2006	Salem College, 1983-85 Samford, 1987-92 Auburn, 1993-98	—–
Head Coaching Record	366-114-4, 41 years	78-42, 10 years	111-52-2, 15 years	—–
Winning Percentage	.764	.650	.679	—–
Best Season	12-0, Florida State, 1999 National Champions	11-0, Tulane, 1998 #7 in final poll	11-0, Auburn, 1993 #4 in final poll	^12-0, Florida State, 1999 National Champions
Bowl Teams Coaches (Head or Assistant)	32 (30 as head coach)	15 (8 as head coach)	3 (3 as head coach)	14
Wife	former Julia Ann Estock	former Linda Joan White	former Shyrl A. Lambert	former Cindi Smith
Children	(6) Robyn Hines, Steve, Tommy, Terry, Jeff, Ginger Madden	(2) Ryan, Lauren	(6) Tera Dawn, Jordan Leigh, Erin Renee, Cari Ann, Jamie Taylor, Terry, Jr.	(5) Haley, Hunter, T.J., Robert, Julia Elizabeth
*-now known as Samford; ^-served as assistant coach

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