Bowden out at Clemson
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Clemson fired football coach Tommy Bowden on Monday, four days after the Tigers lost to Wake Forest and fell to 3-3, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation.
Bowden informed his assistant coaches of his firing this morning. Assistant head coach/wide receivers coach Dabo Swinney has been named the team's interim coach for the final six regular season games and potential bowl game.
The Tigers were ranked No. 9 in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll and were favored to win their first ACC championship in Bowden's 10th season as coach. But Alabama blasted the Tigers 34-10 in the Aug. 30 opener in Atlanta's Georgia Dome, and Clemson then lost to Maryland 20-17 at home and again to Wake Forest 12-7 to drop their record to 1-2 in ACC play.
Bowden received a lucrative contract extension from Clemson after the 2007 season. He received the extension after considering a potential coaching postition at Arkansas.
Bowden, the son of Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, has a 72-45 record and eight bowl appearances at Clemson.
Clemson fired football coach Tommy Bowden on Monday, four days after the Tigers lost to Wake Forest and fell to 3-3, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation.
Bowden informed his assistant coaches of his firing this morning. Assistant head coach/wide receivers coach Dabo Swinney has been named the team's interim coach for the final six regular season games and potential bowl game.
The Tigers were ranked No. 9 in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll and were favored to win their first ACC championship in Bowden's 10th season as coach. But Alabama blasted the Tigers 34-10 in the Aug. 30 opener in Atlanta's Georgia Dome, and Clemson then lost to Maryland 20-17 at home and again to Wake Forest 12-7 to drop their record to 1-2 in ACC play.
Bowden received a lucrative contract extension from Clemson after the 2007 season. He received the extension after considering a potential coaching postition at Arkansas.
Bowden, the son of Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, has a 72-45 record and eight bowl appearances at Clemson.
8 bowls in 9 years and a 72-45 record would be incredible. Not to mention we damn sure wouldn't have to worry about having a suck *** offense with Bowden on the sideline.
It's a hell of a lot easier to win at Clemson that it is to win at MSU. Since 1978, Clemson has had 5 head coaches. Only Tommy West had a lower winning percentage there than Bowden did. Even Ken Hatfield did better there than Tommy Boy has. Danny Ford won 76% of his games at Clemson. He won 46% of his games coaching in the SEC.
His teams always choke when they're expected to do well. He did go 12-0 at Tulane, but it was with someone else's players.
We just honored the '98 undefeated team a couple of weeks ago. I heard more mentions of Rich Rodriguez and his offense, as well as Buddy Teevens and the players that he brought in than talk of the job Bowden did.
He was very interested in the State job when we hired Croom.
He was under heat at Clemson that year too. Said he was sick of it and was waiting for the phone to ring.
Clemson went on that year to beat FSU and Tenn in the bowl, I think, and he got a new contract.
He said had State called when Sherrill left, he would have took it.
And yes, that came from him personally.
He was under heat at Clemson that year too. Said he was sick of it and was waiting for the phone to ring.
Clemson went on that year to beat FSU and Tenn in the bowl, I think, and he got a new contract.
He said had State called when Sherrill left, he would have took it.
And yes, that came from him personally.
....and Petrino told me that if Ole Miss had just offered the job to him after Cutcliffe left, he would've taken it. He just didn't want to have to interview.
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who claimed the day before the hire that Bowden was the man. Evidently, Tub did a better powerpoint in his interview.
with the random ***** to prove that you talked to him yourself....or did this come through a friend of a friend (yawn).
