22 Facts About Terry Bowden

Terry Wilson Bowden is an American college football coach.

Terry Bowden was most recently the head football coach at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, a position he held until the conclusion of the 2023 season.

Terry Bowden is a son of former Florida State University head football coach Bobby Bowden and a brother of Tommy Bowden, former head football coach at Clemson University, and Jeff Bowden, the former offensive coordinator at Florida State.

Terry Bowden began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Florida State before becoming the nation's youngest head coach at age 26 when he accepted the position at Salem College in 1983.

In 1986, Terry Bowden left to be an assistant coach at The University of Akron for Gerry Faust.

In 1987, Terry Bowden became the head coach at Samford University, a school where his father played and coached.

At Samford, Terry Bowden directed the program's move from Division III football to Division I-AA scholarship football.

In 1992, Terry Bowden was hired to succeed Pat Dye as the head football coach at Auburn University.

Terry Bowden's hiring occurred while the program faced NCAA sanctions, which included scholarship reductions, a one-year television ban, and a two-year postseason ban.

That same year, Terry Bowden was honored with membership into Omicron Delta Kappa - the National Leadership Honor Society.

In conversations with athletic director David Housel, Terry Bowden was given no assurances he would have a chance to remedy the situation for the next season, and that he believed his termination was imminent.

On July 24,2013, an article in The Auburn Villager newspaper claimed, a novel titled "The Legend's Son" is a thinly disguised satire of Terry Bowden's rise and fall at Auburn.

In 2006, Terry Bowden became the expert analyst for Westwood One radio network's College Football National Game of Week.

Terry Bowden co-hosted "The Coaches Show" on Sirius Satellite Radio with Jack Arute and worked several times a month as a motivational speaker.

In late 2007, Terry Bowden interviewed for the head coaching job at Georgia Tech, which ultimately went to Paul Johnson.

Terry Bowden returned to the broadcasting booth for the 2008 season.

Terry Bowden was officially introduced as the head football coach at the University Center on January 1,2009.

On December 22,2011, it was announced Terry Bowden would be hired as the next head football coach at the University of Akron, and he was formally introduced on December 28,2011.

On September 14,2013, Terry Bowden led Akron against Michigan in Ann Arbor and came within a few yards of defeating the Wolverines.

Terry Bowden got Akron their first ever bowl game victory against Utah State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.

In June 2019, Terry Bowden joined the Clemson Tigers staff as an unpaid intern in addition to attending the university to receive a graduate degree.

Terry Bowden was named head football coach at the University of Louisiana at Monroe on December 23,2020.