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
depends doubt james push seriously
James will probably want to push it. I seriously doubt it ... depends on how many times he's been to church.
boosts gives helps last lift morale win
It always helps to win that last one. It boosts morale and gives you a lift going into the off-season.
game gone lesson practice
I went with experience, game experience, ... I should've gone with practice experience. That's the lesson I learned.
awful background brings knowledge recruiting state
He's got a background here in the state. He brings a lot of instate knowledge and this is an awful important state from a recruiting standpoint.
level mean reached tough whether words
He's a tough guy. He's a mean guy. Whether those are appropriate words to say, I don't know. But again, that's how the game's played, and there's a level we need to play with defensively we haven't reached yet in those aspects.
talented tight understand
He's as talented a tight end as we've had here in a while, but doesn't understand the tempo.
biggest mark position question unsettled
Our biggest question mark is probably the most important question mark. We're unsettled at probably the most important position on the team.
eight months rest six top
For the underclassmen, you get to live for six or eight months in the Top 20. And for the seniors, you get to live it for the rest of your life. It's pretty significant.
job playing winning
If the team's playing that hard, I've got to do a better job winning it late.
ability enthusiasm good hungry jury lead learn stayed
He's had a very good spring. He's stayed healthy. He's hungry to learn the position. His enthusiasm is good. He's been a really good leader, and that's something the jury was kind of out on ? his ability to lead a team.
capable consistency matched next performance talent tremendous
He's got tremendous potential. His performance has not matched his potential. Potentially, you can see what he's capable of doing. Consistency is his next step. Talent he has.
guys list short
He would be on our short list of guys that would not be. He's on the play list.
enthusiasm good looked
He has looked really, really good. He has good enthusiasm.
giving good heavy kicking work
He is a pretty good kicker. We are giving him some heavy work right now. He is kicking just as good if not better.