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
bear bryant gave lucky statement team
Bear Bryant made the statement that it's better to be lucky than good, and I think you have to be lucky. We weren't lucky. That's one thing about this year's team - we never, ever gave up.
good half improvement shown split worried
I wouldn't be too worried. He's done too many good things and has shown too much improvement to be worried about half a day with split teams.
concerned good happened improvement split today worried
I wouldn't be too worried because he has done too many good things and showed so much improvement to be concerned about what happened today with split teams.
anticipate box difficulty guys line running
I didn't anticipate having that much difficulty running it. They put more guys in the box (at the line of scrimmage).
curse eventually
I didn't do anything different ... So I think the (Thursday night) curse will eventually turn.
fact game gave keys tennessee
One of the keys to this game was the fact that when Tennessee scored and we answered, and then we scored and it was not answered. That gave us confidence.
best last year
Last year was our best and this year was better.
confidence gonna high
My confidence is really gonna be high in about two years -- if I'm still here.
concern confidence media pressure
My concern is how he handles the pressure and the media attention. We have a lot of confidence in him.
appeal girlfriend kid mom personal stone talk turn whoever
You have to turn over about every stone you can. Usually, you talk to a kid about his mom up there watching, or his grandparents, or his girlfriend or whoever is up there watching. You appeal more to personal pride.
contact expect hopefully material pick serious
When you play more zone, which we do, you expect collisions. I would have thought we would have had more full-speed collisions and more serious contact for some highlight-film material than we've had in two games. And hopefully that will pick up.
football good guy
There is a lot on a young guy like that and to get the catches that he did that was very impressive. ... I think he is really going to be a good football player.
conference level performed tests
The opportunities he had to perform, he performed well. Those tests he passed, but that's not a lot of tests in this conference at that level of competition.
change demeanor developed good head identity obviously open sit sure team
This team has developed an identity and I think that demeanor has been good over the open date. As the head coach, I have to make sure that I don't flinch and sit here and try to change a lot of things because obviously we are pretty close. We have to find a way to make one more play.