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Bobby Bowden. Robert Cleckler Bowden ( / ˈbaʊdən /; November 8, 1929 – August 8, 2021) was an American college football coach. Bowden coached the Florida State Seminoles of Florida State University (FSU) from 1976 to 2009 and is considered one of the greatest college football coaches of all time for his accomplishments with the Seminoles.
Undefeated Michigan and Washington would face one-loss Alabama and Texas, respectively, leaving Florida State to play two-time defending champion Georgia in the Orange Bowl on December 30.
Since December 2019, Mike Norvell has served as head coach at Florida State. [1] Seven coaches have led Seminoles in postseason bowl games: Tom Nugent, Bill Peterson, Larry Jones, Bobby Bowden, Jimbo Fisher, Odell Haggins, and Norvell. Three of those coaches also won conference championships: Don Veller captured three as a member of the Dixie ...
Tommy Pearce Bowden (/ ˈ b aʊ d ə n /; born July 10, 1954) is a former American football coach. He served as the head coach at Clemson University from 1999 until October 13, 2008. He is a son of Bobby Bowden , former head football coach of Florida State University , against whom he coached in games nicknamed the "Bowden Bowl."
“I think that era of coaches, and Coach Bowden specifically, gave us an example for us as younger coaches to follow.” Bowden became the head coach at West Virginia in 1970 and compiled a 42-26 ...
The Bartow native played at FSU from 1985-89 under Bobby Bowden and was an All-American noseguard/defensive lineman. Haggins, however, nearly left FSU following his redshirt freshman season when ...
On November 13, 1993, Florida State played Notre Dame in a matchup of unbeaten teams. FSU was ranked #1 and Notre Dame was ranked #2. In a matchup hailed as the "Game of the Century", the Seminoles' bid for a perfect season fell short as Notre Dame prevailed, 31–24. The Irish had leads of 24–7 and 31–17 before the Seminoles scored late to ...
At the end of the 2009 season Bobby Bowden retired from Florida State University leaving his Offensive Coordinator and Head Coach in Waiting Jimbo Fisher as head coach of the team. In 2011, Clemson brought the ACC Championship back to the Atlantic Division with a win over Virginia Tech in the ACC Championship Game.