Tommy Bowden

Not currently on a staff.

Seasons coached: 32
First season: 1977
Teams: 8

Career

13 stints

1970s
- 1977West VirginiaGraduate Assistant
- 1978–1979Florida StateDefensive Backs
1980s
- 1980AuburnRunning Backs
- 1981–1982Florida StateTight Ends
- 1983–1984DukeQuarterbacks
- 1985–1986DukeOffensive Coordinator
- 1987–1989AlabamaWide Receivers
1990s
- 1990KentuckyOffensive Coordinator
- 1991–1996AuburnOffensive Coordinator
- 1995AuburnOffensive Coordinator
- 1996AuburnAssistant Coach
- 1997–1998TulaneHead Coach
- 1999–2008ClemsonHead Coach

Coaching tree

9 mentors, 30 protégés, 11 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.

MentorsProtégés

Everyone shown became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row · Capped at 500 people

Relationships

Coached under

46

31 more, most recent shown first.

Succeeded

9

Tenure

32 seasons

ClemsonHead coach · 1999–200810
AuburnCoordinator · 1991–19966
Florida StatePosition coach · 1978–19824
AlabamaPosition coach · 1987–19893
TulaneHead coach · 1997–19982
AuburnPosition coach · 1980–19962
DukeCoordinator · 1985–19862
DukePosition coach · 1983–19842
KentuckyCoordinator · 19901
West VirginiaAnalyst · 19771

Pipeline

3 of 8 coordinators

6 seasonsRob Spenceunder at Clemson 2007 · head coach at Chattanooga Christian HS (TN)2014
3 seasonsVic Koenningunder at Clemson 2005 · head coach at Illinois2011
1 seasonRich Rodriguezunder at Clemson 1999 · head coach at West Virginia2001
3 seasonsRich Rodriguezunder at Tulane 1997 · head coach at West Virginia2001

Moves

Nothing on the wire for Tommy Bowden. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.

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