Tommy Bowden
Tommy Bowden
Tommy Bowdenis an American football coach who 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 has coached in games nicknamed the "Bowden Bowl." He is also a brother of Terry Bowden, currently head football coach of the University of Akron...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth10 July 1954
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We've beaten Florida State two of the last three times we've played them and we beat Miami down there in overtime and lost in triple overtime at home. I like the direction that we're going.
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I was very impressed with Billy Napier when he worked on our staff in 2003 and 2004. He will be among the youngest full-time coaches in Division I next year, and I look at that as a strong asset. He was a big reason South Carolina State had a very successful season, especially on the offensive side of the ball. He will also be an asset to us in recruiting.
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This is probably the smartest team I've ever coached in regard to penalties.
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A coach doesn't get giddy. The excitement from a coaching perspective is if we can get those guys to make improvement. And it's not like a lot of improvement because we were close in the four games we lost. We can get better.
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He has looked really, really good. He has good enthusiasm.
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I want to see some big plays (offensively) and how Will manages the team. This will be the first time we will get to see him do that.
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From an evaluation purpose, you don't get that much done.
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I couldn't help but think he would get better in that aspect. He shows the desire and has the skills to help us out next year.
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You can't stop him. You can only contain him.
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I think a lot of athletic directors, administrators and teams will drink from the well we dug.
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Dad is 76. He takes naps during the game, so he might miss something.
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I didn't anticipate having that much difficulty running it. They put more guys in the box (at the line of scrimmage).
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He is a pretty good kicker. We are giving him some heavy work right now. He is kicking just as good if not better.
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I strongly anticipate some of the guys we sign coming in and possibly playing some key roles, especially on defense the way we did this year.