Bobby Bowden, a Hall of Fame college football coach who won two national championships, has died of pancreatic cancer. He was 91 at died at home in Tallahassee, Fla earlier today, according to his son.
During a career that included 377 victories and not a little controversy, Bowden was a folksy presence in the media and highly accessible. His home phone was listed in the Tallahassee directory for years.
His career spanned coaching stops at Samford, West Virginia, and finally Florida State, where he went 315-98-4. The team became a force in college football, winning 12 Atlantic Coast Conference championships and national titles in 1993 and 1999.
“Florida State University has lost a legend in the passing of Bobby Bowden,” university President John Thrasher said in a statement. “Coach Bowden built a football dynasty and raised the national profile of Florida State University, and he did it with class and a sense of humor.
During a career that included 377 victories and not a little controversy, Bowden was a folksy presence in the media and highly accessible. His home phone was listed in the Tallahassee directory for years.
His career spanned coaching stops at Samford, West Virginia, and finally Florida State, where he went 315-98-4. The team became a force in college football, winning 12 Atlantic Coast Conference championships and national titles in 1993 and 1999.
“Florida State University has lost a legend in the passing of Bobby Bowden,” university President John Thrasher said in a statement. “Coach Bowden built a football dynasty and raised the national profile of Florida State University, and he did it with class and a sense of humor.
- 8/8/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Rising Espn star Samantha Ponder is currently expecting her second child with San Francisco 49ers quarterback Christian Ponder, due later this year.
But in between work and chasing after their 2-year-old daughter, Bowden “Scout” Sainte-Claire, the 31-year-old sideline reporter took time to knock Twitter trolls who had been throwing hateful comments her way.
“Getting sexist/vulgar tweets abt my job/appearance while I’m unable to see my own feet & covered in toddler pee is somethin else I tell ya,” she wrote on Twitter.
Getting sexist/vulgar tweets abt my job/appearance while I'm unable to see my own feet...
But in between work and chasing after their 2-year-old daughter, Bowden “Scout” Sainte-Claire, the 31-year-old sideline reporter took time to knock Twitter trolls who had been throwing hateful comments her way.
“Getting sexist/vulgar tweets abt my job/appearance while I’m unable to see my own feet & covered in toddler pee is somethin else I tell ya,” she wrote on Twitter.
Getting sexist/vulgar tweets abt my job/appearance while I'm unable to see my own feet...
- 3/9/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
[[tmz:video id="0_7vidon5c"]] He's coached some of the best football players of all time ... guys who went on to have Hall of Fame careers. So, who was the Best athlete to ever play for Bobby Bowden at Florida State?? The legendary Fsu coach was in NYC promoting his new book ... when he revealed the guy he thinks is the #1 athlete to ever come through his program. By the way, here's a short list of some of the greats...
- 1/3/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Jameis Winston ain't gonna like this ... Legendary Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden just went on the radio and said there's a consensus among Fsu fans and boosters that Winston was "an embarrassment" to the University. 85-year-old Bowden made the statement on the Paul Finebaum radio show on Tuesday ... after the Espn reporter brought up Winston's history of "off-the-field issues." Bobby's response: "Well, I think it's a consensus among Florida State fans and boosters that...
- 5/12/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
He knows football. He knows winning ... and Coach Bobby Bowden also knows Marriage -- which is why our photog listened up when the guy gave him relationship advice Right On The Street. The college football legend -- who just released a new book "The Wisdom of Faith" -- knows a little something about the topic ... he's been married to the same woman for 65 Years!!So, ya gotta hear what he tells our TMZ Photog when...
- 8/27/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
On December 13, celebrities from the worlds of cinema, sports, music and television came together to provide our nation's heroes with a once in a lifetime event. Only thing is, the soldiers had no idea what lied in wait for them!
Cerritos College played host to twenty-eight unsuspecting service men and women who believed they'd been gathered to play a casual game of flag football to benefit Got Your 6 and the Pat Tillman Foundation. Unbeknownst to them, more than 12,000 fans were eagerly awaiting to cheer them on as they entered the jam-packed stadium. And the surprises didn't stop there.
After they were split into two teams, the soldiers were surprised to find their coaches were the legendary Bobby Bowden and Urban Meyer. Then each team was given a pro to play alongside when Kurt Warner and Marcus Allen took sides. Finally, they discovered Owen Wilson would also be playing, while Modern Family star Eric Stonestreet served as sideline...
Cerritos College played host to twenty-eight unsuspecting service men and women who believed they'd been gathered to play a casual game of flag football to benefit Got Your 6 and the Pat Tillman Foundation. Unbeknownst to them, more than 12,000 fans were eagerly awaiting to cheer them on as they entered the jam-packed stadium. And the surprises didn't stop there.
After they were split into two teams, the soldiers were surprised to find their coaches were the legendary Bobby Bowden and Urban Meyer. Then each team was given a pro to play alongside when Kurt Warner and Marcus Allen took sides. Finally, they discovered Owen Wilson would also be playing, while Modern Family star Eric Stonestreet served as sideline...
- 12/27/2012
- Entertainment Tonight
Jeff Bridges' performance in "Crazy Heart" was good enough for the Golden Globes, and it was good enough for Rob Zombie as well, judging by his tweets. Kevin Smith, meanwhile, had a positively-used expletive to describe his own experience watching Edgar Wright's unreleased "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World."
Less giddy was producer Jeff Katz, who used a sports metaphor to express his reaction to news that Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins have split. I'll let you parse and interpret that one, as his references to Bobby Bowden and Joe Paterno went a little over my head. You can do so after the jump where you will also learn about Ice-t's recent "Modern Warfare 2" accomplishments, when Emmy Rossum will begin taking trapeze lessons and who found a stray peacock in their back yard. It's all retweeted in Twitter-Wood report for December 23, 2009.
Twitter Pic of the Day:
@Finallevel http://twitpic.
Less giddy was producer Jeff Katz, who used a sports metaphor to express his reaction to news that Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins have split. I'll let you parse and interpret that one, as his references to Bobby Bowden and Joe Paterno went a little over my head. You can do so after the jump where you will also learn about Ice-t's recent "Modern Warfare 2" accomplishments, when Emmy Rossum will begin taking trapeze lessons and who found a stray peacock in their back yard. It's all retweeted in Twitter-Wood report for December 23, 2009.
Twitter Pic of the Day:
@Finallevel http://twitpic.
- 12/23/2009
- by Brian Warmoth
- MTV Movies Blog
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