Former Clemson coach Tommy Bowden on the Bowden legacy and coaching for Jesus
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5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Tommy Bowden is the son of legendary football coach Bobby Bowden and the former head football coach at Clemson University. His coaching career began at his alma mater of West Virginia in the mid 1970's. He's had assistant coaching jobs at Florida State, Duke, Alabama, Kentucky and Auburn.
In 1997, he became the head coach of Tulane's football club and after leading them to an 11-0 record in 1998, he departed for Clemson, where he would coach for 10 seasons from 1999-2008. He led the Tigers to a 72-45 record and eight bowl games. He also is the person responsible for bringing now current coach Dabo Swinney to Clemson.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Tommy Bowden about the legacy of the Bowden coaching family, his desire to lead people to Jesus, what he learned from watching his dad coach with purpose, and what he saw in Dabo Swinney to bring him to Clemson as a coach.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, friends, Jason, here. |
| 0:01.8 | I'm really excited about our guest today. |
| 0:04.1 | Tommy Bowden, the former Clemson head football coach. |
| 0:07.2 | He's the son of the legendary head coach, Bobby Bowden, from Florida State. |
| 0:11.5 | He's also the guy that brought Dabo Sweeney to Clemson. |
| 0:16.2 | This is a great conversation. |
| 0:17.7 | Sports, football, coaching, legacy, and faith with Tommy Bowden coming up right now |
| 0:24.4 | on Sports Spectrum. |
| 0:33.5 | Welcome to the Sports Spectrum podcast where faith and sports collide. |
| 0:38.2 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
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| 0:42.1 | I am Jason Romano. |
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