Terry Bowden was named The University of Akron's 27th head football coach on Dec. 22, 2011. Bowden, who served as a studio analyst and color commentator with ABC Sports' college football for 10 years, was previously the head coach at Auburn from 1993-98 and also spent three seasons at Division II’s North Alabama.
While at Auburn, Bowden had gone undefeated and untied in his first year as a Division IA head coach. Auburn had a perfect 11-0 record and Bowden swept virtually every national coach of the year award in his rookie season. He was again a finalist for coach of the year following his second season at Auburn as the Tigers had reeled off 20 straight wins, an Auburn record, and finished 9-1-1. He posted a 47-17-1 record at Auburn and led the Tigers to three Bowl games.
Prior to becoming head football coach at Auburn, Bowden built two programs from the ground up as head coach at Salem College (W.V.) and Samford University (Ala.). He was an assistant coach at Akron for former Notre Dame head coach Gerry Faust in 1986 before taking the helm at Samford in 1987.
As a student-athlete at West Virginia University, Bowden lettered two years as a running back (1977-78), and graduated Magna Cum Laude. He did post graduate work at Oxford University in England, and earned a Juris Doctorate degree from the Florida State University School of Law in 1982 while a graduate assistant coach at FSU.
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