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
hitting level needs team toughness
There's another level this team needs to get to from a hitting and toughness standpoint.
close coach coaching excitement four games guys improvement perspective
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.
patience patiently seven
It's been six, seven years. I think I understand, but I'd like them to have patience, too, as I patiently wait.
either positives side
There were positives on either side of the ball.
check pants sure
I told them I was going to check their pants before they go out to make sure they're clean.
chance finish proud team
I told the team we had a chance to finish it at the end. But I'm proud we didn't quit.
beautiful time
It's the first time I've been over here. It's a beautiful campus.
ball clock downs giving james milk needed team time worry
It was something where you wanted to milk the clock as much as you can. They were out of timeouts, but we still needed first downs to keep the ball out of their hands. It was a time where you worry about having your team buckle, but giving it to James made it easy.
giving james team time worry
It was a time where you worry about having your team buckle, but giving it to James made it easy.
dad might miss naps takes
Dad is 76. He takes naps during the game, so he might miss something.
lets offense
The offense did pretty much what they wanted. It lets you know you're not where you need to be (defensively).
opponent tough
They've been an especially tough opponent for us offensively,
noticed pursuit ran
They ran a lot of pursuit drills. If you noticed they ran a whole bunch. They ran their tails off pretty good. That's while they're dragging.
capable comments consistency matched next performance potential since tremendous
All of my comments since he has been here is he has had tremendous potential, and his performance had not matched his potential to this point. But I think, potentially, you can see what he is capable of doing. Now consistency is his next step.