Introduction

Bobby Bowden is a renowned retired football coach in America having the current Bobby Bowden Net Worth of around $14 million. Born on 8thNovember, 1929 in Birmingham, Alabama, Bobby Bowden is best known in his professional career for coaching the world-famous football team of Florida State Seminoles from the seasons 1976 to 2009. Bobby Bowden is hailed as the famous football coach of the Hall of Fame College. He is recognized for having turned the losing football team of Florida State team into a winning powerhouse. Bobby Bowden is also known to be a reputed member of the prestigious Football Coach which has helped to increase Bobby Bowden Net Worth.

During his tenure as the professional football coach at Florida State, Bowden has led the FSU to high-end conferences and associations. As such, FSU ended up joining the prestigious conference in the year 1991. After going through a difficult coaching season in the year 2009 following several questionings by fans all around, Bobby Bowden had to step down –just a few weeks after his 80th birthday. Bobby Bowden was finally allowed to make the impressive coaching impression in the Gator Bowl football game on 1st January 2010. His final coaching resulted in the glorious 33-21 victory over the former football team led by Bowden –West Virginia.

Bobby Bowden Age

Born on 8thNovember, 1929 in Birmingham, Alabama, Bobby Bowden is 89 years old.

Bobby Bowden Early Life

Born in Alabama, Bowden was mostly ill as a child and remained bedridden for most of his early childhood. Bowden is the child of the couple Bob & Sunset Bowden. At the age of 13 years, Bowden was diagnosed with rheumatic fever. After his hospital stay for around 6 months, Bowden was bedridden at his home for more than a year. During this period, Bowden developed his interest for war by listening to the radio presenting the reports about the 2nd World War. Bowden still has an avid interest in war. It was during the bedridden moments only when his interest in football developed. He used to listen to the football reports of the University of Alabama on the radio every Saturday mornings.

During his early years, Bowden used to be a great football player at his school in Woodlawn High School, Birmingham. Further, he went on to play as a quarterback for the University of Alabama. This fulfilled his dream of playing for the reputed Crimson Tide. After returning to Birmingham, Bowden married his childhood sweetheart –Ann Estock on 1stApril, 1949. Currently, the couple has six children along with 21 grandchildren. After marriage, Bowden transferred himself to the famous Howard College (now known as the Stamford University). Here, he indulged in playing football, baseball, and running tracks.

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Bobby Bowden Record

From the tenure 1954 to 1955, Bowden was the assistant football coach at Howard College –the current Stamford University. He also served as the professional head coach for tracking and fielding in the college. He then left the Stamford University to serve the role of the head coach for basketball, baseball, and football as well as the Athletic Director at South Georgia College (1956 -1958). However, after Bowden lost a season in basketball, he left the profile of the head coach at South Georgia College. After this, Bobby Bowden resumed his profile as the head coach at Howard College. Here, he was able to compile the unique 31-6 Bobby Bowden Record between the tenure of 1959 to 1962.

In 1962, Bobby Bowden Record also included the job profile of an assistant coach at Florida State University under the guidance of the head coach named Bill Peterson. In 1965, Bowden left the job of the assistant coach at Florida State University to join the West Virginia University to serve as the assistant under the head coach Jim Carlen. After Carlen left in 1969, Bowden replaced him as the head coach. After compiling a record of 42-26 at WYU, Bowden returned to Florida State University as the head coach.

Bobby Bowden –Finding a Way Documentary

In this famous documentary, Bobby Bowden recalls his impressive FSU Football season of 1985 –about the entire win.

Best of Bobby Bowden

The viewers can catch a glimpse of the best moments with the famous Bobby Bowden.

The Bowden Dynasty

A famous documentary film on the life of Bobby Bowden- explaining his famous achievements as the head coach.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUorvXz_KDU

Bobby Bowden as the Florida State Head Coach

Bowden served as the head coach at Florida State Seminoles due to the warmer climate in comparison to Morgantown. Moreover, it was also closer to Alabama where both his mother as well as mother-in-law lived. During the tenure of 34 years into serving as the head coach at Florida State, Bowden had the record of just a single losing season –the first. From the period of 1987 to 2000, the Florida State Seminoles was able to finish every season having at least ten wins throughout. Moreover, under the coach assistance by Bobby Bowden, the FloridaState Seminoles managed to be listed on the top 5 of the reputed Associated Press College Football Poll. Moreover, it also won the prestigious national championship during the years 1993 and 1999.  All of these achievements has helped to elevate Bobby Bowden Net Worth over the years.

Bobby Bowden Awards

Bobby Bowden has been awarded the prestigious Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year award in the year 1980. Moreover, he has also been credited with the reputed Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award in the year 1991. Additionally, Bowden has also been awarded the Amos Alonzo Stagg Coaching Award by the US (United States) Sports Academy for his amazing achievement as the professional coach. There are some famous award names and Bobby Bowden quotes as well.

Bobby Bowden Quotes

Here are some of Bobby Bowden Quotes which are quite witty:

  1. Discipline to me is sacrifice; it’s willingness to give up something you want to do, so you can better yourself.
  2. Integrity makes my job easier. It’s deception and dishonesty that requires so much diligent effort.
  3. Son, you’ve got a good engine, but your hands aren’t on the steering wheel.
  4. If somebody mistreats you, treat’em good. That kills’em.
  5. He doesn’t know the meaning of the word fear, but then again he doesn’t know the meaning of most words.

Bobby Bowden Net Worth

As of the current stats, the overall approximate Bobby Bowden Net Worth is estimated to be around $14 million. Given his impressive net worth, Bobby Bowden is also ranked as a leading celebrity at his age of 89 years.