Clint Bowen (born June 27, 1972) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Kansas, a position he has held since 2021. He served as the defensive coordinator and safeties coach at the University of North Texas in 2020.[1] Bowen has spent the large majority of his career as an assistant in some capacity, though he was named the interim head coach of the Kansas Jayhawks on September 28, 2014 after Charlie Weis was fired.[2] Bowen continue his tenure at Kansas with David Beaty as the defensive coordinator of the Jayhawks and was retained on staff as the safeties coach following the hiring of Les Miles. Bowen, a former Kansas Jayhawks football player, and a Lawrence native, was on staff at Kansas for all but three years from 1996 to 2019.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Lawrence HS (KS) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | June 27, 1972 Lawrence, Kansas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1990 | Butler County |
| 1991–1994 | Kansas |
| Position(s) | Defensive back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1996 | Kansas (GA) |
| 1997 | Minnesota (GA) |
| 1998–1999 | Kansas (GA) |
| 2001 | Kansas (ST/TE) |
| 2002 | Kansas (ST/RB) |
| 2003–2005 | Kansas (ST/S) |
| 2006–2007 | Kansas (co-DC/S) |
| 2008–2009 | Kansas (DC/S) |
| 2010 | Western Kentucky (DC) |
| 2011 | North Texas (DC/S) |
| 2012 | Kansas (ST/S) |
| 2013 | Kansas (LB) |
| 2014 | Kansas (DC/LB) |
| 2014 | Kansas (interim HC) |
| 2015–2018 | Kansas (AHC/DC/S) |
| 2019 | Kansas (S) |
| 2020 | North Texas (DC/S) |
| 2021–present | Lawrence HS (KS) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–7 (college) |
Football career
editBowen grew up in Perry, Kansas outside of Lawrence, Kansas, where he led his high school, the Lawrence Lions, to state titles in football, as well as track, graduating in 1990. In college, Bowen was a hard-hitting defensive back for the Jayhawks, in 92–93, following one season at Butler County Community College. He led the Kansas defense in tackles in 1993 with 114 total stops. That figure ranks as the third-most tackles by a defensive back in school history. Bowen was instrumental in helping the Jayhawks to an 8–4 record, a No. 22 national ranking and a win over BYU in the 1992 Aloha Bowl. He was the recipient of the school’s Willie Pless Tackler of the Year Award following his senior season in 1993. Bowen played college football for the Jayhawks under head coach Glen Mason.
Personal
editBowen's father, Charley Bowen, was a high school All-American at Lawrence High School. His older brother, Charley Jr., was a four-year letterwinner as a defensive back for the Jayhawks (1989–1992).
Bowen and his wife, Kristie, have two sons, Baylor and Banks. Kristie is the 2014 Mrs. Kansas and was named Miss Kansas in 2001.
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas Jayhawks (Big 12 Conference) (2014) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Kansas | 1–7[n 1] | 1–7[n 1] | 9th | |||||
| Kansas: | 1–7 | 1–7 | |||||||
| Total: | 1–7 | ||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ a b Charlie Weis served as head coach for the first four games of the 2014 season before he was fired. Bowen was appointed interim head coach for the final eight games of the season. Kansas finished the year with an overall record of 3–9 and a mark of 1–8 in conference play.
References
edit- ^ "Bowen Named Mean Green Defensive Coordinator".
- ^ "Kansas fires Charlie Weis". ESPN.com. September 28, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2014.