Biographical details | |
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Born | Arkadelphia, Arkansas, U.S. | March 20, 1903
Died | September 23, 1964 Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. | (aged 61)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1919–1921 | Henderson-Brown |
1923–1924 | Vanderbilt |
Position(s) | End |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1925–1930 | Henderson-Brown |
1931 | Ouachita Baptist |
1932–1934 | Oklahoma (assistant) |
1935 | Syracuse (assistant) |
1936–1939 | Cornell (assistant) |
1940–1942 | The Citadel |
1946–1947 | Oklahoma City |
1948–1951 | George Washington |
Basketball | |
1925–1931 | Henderson-Brown |
1936–1938 | Cornell |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1940–1945 | The Citadel |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 90–47–7 (football) 40–58 (basketball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 3 Arkansas Association (1927–1929) 1 AIC (1930) | |
Awards | |
Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame | |
John Howell "Bo" Rowland (March 20, 1903 – September 23, 1964) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at Henderson-Brown College—now Henderson State University (1925–1930), Ouachita Baptist University (1931), The Citadel (1940–1942), Oklahoma City University (1946–1947), and George Washington University (1948–1951), compiling a career college football coaching record of 90–47–7. Rowland was also the head basketball coach at Henderson-Brown from 1925 to 1931 and at Cornell University from 1936 to 1938, tallying a career college basketball coaching mark of 40–58. Rowland died at the age of 61 on September 23, 1964, at a hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas.[1] He was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1968.[2]
Head coaching record
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[edit]Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | |||||
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Henderson-Brown Reddies (Independent) (1925–1926) | |||||||||
1925 | Henderson-Brown | 5–5–1 | |||||||
1926 | Henderson-Brown | 5–3 | |||||||
Henderson-Brown / Henderson State Reddies (Arkansas Association) (1927–1929) | |||||||||
1927 | Henderson-Brown | 7–0–1 | |||||||
1928 | Henderson-Brown | 8–0–1 | |||||||
1929 | Henderson State | 6–1–1 | 3–1 | ||||||
Henderson State Reddies (Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference) (1930) | |||||||||
1930 | Henderson State | 8–1 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
Henderson State: | 39–10–4 | ||||||||
Ouachita Baptist Tigers (Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference) (1931) | |||||||||
1931 | Ouachita Baptist | 6–2–1 | |||||||
Ouachita Baptist: | 6–2–1 | ||||||||
The Citadel Bulldogs (Southern Conference) (1940–1942) | |||||||||
1940 | The Citadel | 4–5 | 0–4 | 15th | |||||
1941 | The Citadel | 4–3–1 | 0–2–1 | 14th | |||||
1942 | The Citadel | 5–2 | 2–2 | T–7th | |||||
The Citadel: | 13–10–1 | 2–8–1 | |||||||
Oklahoma City Chiefs (Independent) (1946–1947) | |||||||||
1946 | Oklahoma City | 10–1 | |||||||
1947 | Oklahoma City | 7–3 | |||||||
Oklahoma City: | 17–4 | ||||||||
George Washington Colonials (Southern Conference) (1948–1951) | |||||||||
1948 | George Washington | 4–6 | 2–4 | T–10th | |||||
1949 | George Washington | 4–5 | 2–3 | 12th | |||||
1950 | George Washington | 5–4 | 4–3 | 8th | |||||
1951 | George Washington | 2–6–1 | 2–3–1 | 9th | |||||
George Washington: | 15–21–1 | 10–13–1 | |||||||
Total: | 90–47–7 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
[edit]- ^ "Bo Rowland, 61, Football Coach And Reynolds Executive, Dies" (PDF). The New York Times. Associated Press. September 24, 1964. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
- ^ "Class of 1968". Archived from the original on April 17, 2016.
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