Urban Bowman attended the University of Delaware and played for their football team.
15 Facts About Urban Bowman
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Urban Bowman began his coaching career in 1961 as a volunteer assistant for the Delaware freshman football team.
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Urban Bowman decided to return to coaching the following year and contacted Hamilton Tiger-Cats head Al Dorow to inquire about any possible coaching vacancies.
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Urban Bowman was let go after one season and joined the coaching staff of the Edmonton Eskimos as a defensive line coach.
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Urban Bowman left coaching again in 1974, but later returned as an assistant at Bemidji State.
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Urban Bowman returned to the CFL in 1985 as the defensive line and special teams coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
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Urban Bowman left the Bombers in 1989 to become the Ottawa Rough Riders' Offensive Line Coach, but returned to Winnipeg in 1991.
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In 1992, Urban Bowman was named the Blue Bombers' interim head coach after head coach Cal Murphy had to undergo Heart transplant surgery.
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Murphy returned in 1993 and Urban Bowman moved to his prior position as defensive line and special teams coach.
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The Tiger-Cats would win only one of their remaining eleven games and Urban Bowman was let go at the end of season.
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Urban Bowman spent the 1998 season as the defensive line coach at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania.
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In 2000, Urban Bowman joined the Toronto Argonauts as special teams coach for the final seven games of the season.
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Urban Bowman rejoined the Winnipeg coaching staff midway through the following season when linebackers coach Rod Rust left the team to attend to personal matters.
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In 2009, Urban Bowman was inducted into the Carroll County Sports Hall of Fame.
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On February 25,2018, the Blue Bombers announced that Urban Bowman had died earlier that day, from prostate cancer.