Bobby Bowden

Biography

Bobby Bowden is known as much for his affable charm as he is for his championship teams. Having coached young men in seven decades, he became the second winningest coach in major college football history.

Bowden guided Florida State University to more than three hundred victories, two national championships, twelve Atlantic Coast Conference titles, finishing in the top five in the country in 14 straight seasons, and led the Seminoles to Bowl Games in 28 consecutive seasons during his 34-year tenure.

The patriarch of college football`s most famous coaching family, Bowden remains heavily involved in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes; annually awarding The National Bobby Bowden Award to a student-athlete for achievement on and off the field, including his conduct as a faith model in the community. Bowden was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006.

He and his wife of 61 years, Ann, live in Tallahassee, Florida.

Publications

Called to Coach:
Reflections on Life, Faith, and Football

Coach Bobby Bowden is an icon of college football who ran his renowned, top-ranking program with a trademark Southern charm. With his recent retirement, Bowden is ready to give fans and readers the behind-the-scenes story of his fifty-five-year career and the path that helped him become one of college football`s most successful coaches and patriarch of the sport`s most famous coaching family.

Bowden is a living folk hero, and his personality and charm are larger-than-life. From his boyhood in Alabama to his incredible career in college football, Bowden reveals never-before-published details of the moments and events that have defined his life, including the tragic death of his grandson and son-in-law in a 2004 automobile accident and the details of his retirement as FSU`s coach at the end of the 2009 season.

Called to Coach offers an up-close and personal look at one of the winningest coaches in football history and the contribution`s he made during his outstanding career It`s an inspiring story of a remarkable man, his award-winning legacy in college football, and the unwavering faith in God that has sustained him through tragedy and triumph.