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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Antonio has closed the separation. He is the one that had made the move, which is good.
change coach crazy games head learned losing stay yes
Are our games close? Well, yes they are close. It would be crazy for me as a head coach to go and change a lot of things. I have learned to stay the course. Now if we were losing games by 30 points, then yes we would have to change things, but we have not been doing that.
defense far football gives good indicative played
As far as the way we played, when our defense gives that kind of effort, we're a pretty good football team. It's been indicative of the way we have played all season.
coached regard smartest team
This is probably the smartest team I've ever coached in regard to penalties.
draw game positives until
So you draw from the positives (of getting the game to overtime). I don't know how we'll regroup. We won't find out until Saturday.
chance defense football hot played win
Defensively, we play like that and we have a chance to win a lot of football games. Offensively, you can get hot and cold. But as long as our defense played like it did, it can keep you close.
four front improve improved last pass rush saw tackling
Defensively we have to get a better pass rush from our front four linemen. We have to improve in that area. But, the tackling was improved from what I saw last Saturday.
potential program
They see the potential of this program being realized.
again both face games including last seven teams three top virginia within won
This is again a very challenging schedule. We will face seven teams that won at least seven games last year, including two of the top teams in the ACC, within our first three games both on the road. Plus, we have to go to Virginia Tech.
area continuing mistakes work
I was disappointed in some mistakes we made in the red-zone and that is an area we are continuing to work on this spring.
demeanor maybe
I thought we'd have more full-speed collisions so far, ... He has a toughness, meanness, the personality and demeanor we need. Maybe he'll be in one of those collisions this week.
continued defense defensive good played work
I thought the defense played well, they (the first team) didn't give up a long play all day. I thought the young defensive linemen continued to show improvement. They got some good work in this week.
athletic drink teams
I think a lot of athletic directors, administrators and teams will drink from the well we dug.
team
I think the most important thing for our team right now is that we have got to find a way to make one more play.