Bobby Bowden, the longtime head coach, has officially announced that the Gator Bowl will be his last game at Florida State. He is expected to stay on in a fundraising role.
End Of An Era: Bobby Bowden Set To Retire Tuesday
The speculation over whether Bobby Bowden would actually end his legendary coaching career at a press conference on Tuesday is, for the time being, over: The Tallahassee Democrat has learned that Bowden is set to announce his retirement by way of a statement Tuesday.
Bowden’s retirement comes after 34 years, the second-longest tenure in college football -- Joe Paterno waves grumpily from the top of that pile -- but Bowden didn’t merely endure. He dominated. His teams were the toast of college football in the 1990’s; he had 14 consecutive seasons of 10 wins or more; and his FSU aura inspired the movie “The Program,” which high school football players the country over now watch at team dinners when they run out of other football-related movies. As Bowden himself might say, darn right that’s a legacy.
Read Article >
