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
son parent trying
You're trying to get a comfort zone with the parents. You want the family to feel comfortable with me in charge of their son.
football adversity successful
I've seen him be successful throwing the football his sophomore year, I've seen that. I've seen him react through adversity, I have seen that. I'd never seen him react to a new system because we didn't have one. I'd say that'd be the most impressive thing.
course defensive freshmen games great improvement line offensive season strong win
You win games with strong offensive line play, but you win championships with strong play on the defensive line. The play of the freshmen defensive linemen will be important for us. They made great improvement over the course of the season and they will have to keep improving.
You've got to look at why we're 2-3. Is it penalties? No. Is it turnovers? No. Are they quitting? No. So then what is it? Well, we've got to make one more play.
amount practice practices
The determining factor's going to be amount of practice time, ... If he practices a lot, I would think his shoulder's not going to be really sore. If it's sore, then he won't practice. That's kind of the way it's been.
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The job description of this profession is criticism, ... Jeff was well aware when he went into it. That's why my son's in law, and not going into the profession.