Clemson fires Bowden
 

Monday, October 13, 2008
Sources: Bowden fired at Clemson after 3-3 start

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By Mark Schlabach
ESPN.com

Clemson fired football coach Tommy Bowden on Monday, four days after the Tigers lost to Wake Forest and fell to 3-3, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation.

Bowden informed his assistant coaches of his firing this morning. Assistant head coach/wide receivers coach Dabo Swinney has been named the team's interim coach for the final six regular season games and potential bowl game.

The Tigers were ranked No. 9 in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll and were favored to win their first ACC championship in Bowden's 10th season as coach. But Alabama blasted the Tigers 34-10 in the Aug. 30 opener in Atlanta's Georgia Dome, and Clemson then lost to Maryland 20-17 at home and again to Wake Forest 12-7 to drop their record to 1-2 in ACC play.

Bowden received a lucrative contract extension from Clemson after the 2007 season. He received the extension after considering a potential coaching position at Arkansas.

Bowden, the son of Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, has a 72-45 record and eight bowl appearances at Clemson.

Mark Schlabach covers college football for ESPN.com.


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He's just bad enough to work on his daddies staff now.

Bet he goes to Syracuse.

K-State?

I'd rather have Terry.

Pinkel to Tenn?

GRob.

ROFL That would be some funny shit.

Suicide watch...

Ha ha.... **** the Bowdens....

Awesome, he's such a POS.

Anyone else remember the story of Ray Ray McElrathbey, a CB on Clemson a couple years back? He was from a broken home and brought his little brother down to Clemson to live with him. It was a great story and was featured a ton on ESPN, but Bowden took away the dude's scholly after the season because he found a better recruit.

Nothing wrong with that IMO.

You don't think pulling a current player's scholly for an incoming recruit is unethical or at least pretty classless? The large majority of coaches don't do that.

Recruits do it 5x time more than coaches ever do, so I guess I don't have a problem with it.

If you underpreform in the classroom on an achedemic scholorship it gets pulled, why would it be different if you do the same on the football field.