Tommy Bowden
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Tommy Pearce Bowden (born July 10, 1954) is an American football coach who served as the head coach at Clemson University from 1999 to October 13, 2008.
He is the son of Bobby Bowden, the former head football coach of Florida State University, against whom he has competed in games dubbed the "Bowden Bowl." Terry Bowden, the former head football coach of the University of Akron, is also a brother.
Coaching career
Bowden, the head coach at Tulane University, Auburn University, Duke University, Duke University, Princeton University, Duke University, the University of Kentucky, East Carolina University, and, with his father, at Florida State. In both polls, his 1998 Tulane team lost 12–0 and ended in a top-ten final position. Despite being one of only two undefeated teams in the regular season, Tulane was not eligible for a bid in a Bowl Championship Series game because it was believed they did not have a busy schedule.
Bowden was hired as the Clemson's head coach before the 1999 season. Every year Bowden's Clemson teams played in a bowl game, except in 2004, when the team, which was then competing South Carolina, was barred from bowl consideration for the remainder of the season. He resigned on October 13, 2008, after leading the team to a disappointing 3–3 record (1–2 ACC) at the midpoint of a season in which the Tigers had been virtually unanimous preseason pick to win their first ACC championship under Bowden and were ranked #9 in the preseason polls. Dabo Swinney, the assistant head coach/wide receivers coach, was named as interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Bowden led the Tigers to zero conference titles in ten seasons, finishing second in the Atlantic division twice and second in the Atlantic division three times.