Akron’s Rob Ianello was out of a job after just two wins in two years, and here comes Terry Bowden, of all people. Here’s our 2011 Coaching Carousel Tracker.
Terry Bowden Wanted For Arrest Due To Traffic Tickets
via Todd Warshaw /Allsport According to court documents, Bowden owes $537 in fines and failed to show up in court on both charges, which led to the suspension of his driver’s license. Hopefully, he didn’t drive to Ohio when he took the Akron job.
The son of Bobby Bowden has a 139–63–2 career coaching record, going 47–17–1 at Auburn and 29–10 at Division II North Alabama, where he’s won a Gulf South Conference title and at least one playoff game in each of his three years. He also made the playoffs twice with Samford and won two West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships at Salem. We’re digging deep here, folks.
Read Article >VIDEO: Terry Bowden Introduces Himself As New Akron Football Coach
For expert reaction, we’ll turn to MAC blog Hustle Belt:
Read Article >Akron To Hire Terry Bowden As Head Coach, According To Reports
Bowden’s telling his North Alabama players of the move Thursday, and that will be that, according to this report.
Look forward to confirmation from mascot Zippy shortly:
Read Article >Terry Bowden To Akron Rumors Are A Thing We Must Now Confront
Here’s where it all started:
He’s the son of Bobby Bowden and the brother of various other Bowdens. You’d think he has no connections whatsoever with a small school in Ohio, but, yep, he spent a year as an Akron assistant in the 1980s.
Read Article >Akron’s Head Coach Announcement Is Obvious Ploy To Get Mascot Twitter Followers
Announcing a new coach via Twitter makes sense for Akron as a follower-boosting ploy. After all, the Zips’ Roo was named Mascot of the Year back in 2007. That’s so long ago that Twitter was scarcely removed from its disemvowled version.
Read Article >Akron Interested In UCLA Interim Coach Mike Johnson, According To Report
Johnson is UCLA’s offensive coordinator and is in charge of the team as it prepares for the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl where they will take on Illinois.
UCLA recently hired Jim L. Mora as its next head coach and it remains unclear if Johnson has a spot on his coaching staff.
Read Article >Jim Tressel Denies Akron Coaching Rumors: ‘No Validity’
Getty Images“There’s no validity to that,” Tressel said on 610 WTVN while being interviewed by Bob Conners. “It’s a wonderful place and I had four wonderful years there and they’ve done an extrodinary job with their campus and their athletic facilities, but there’s no validity to that.”
The main reason for the interview, though, was to get Tressel’s thoughts on Urban Meyer being named as his successor to the head coaching position of the Buckeyes.
Read Article >Akron Fires Rob Ianello As Head Coach
Akron has fired coach Rob Ianello. Elton Alexander of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that Ianello and his entire staff were dismissed on Saturday, after Akron finished a 1-11 season in 2011 by falling to Central Michigan, 69-18, on Friday.
Ianello had compiled a 2-22 record over two years at Akron, and his Zips had been outscored 189-35 in November. His lone win over an FBS team in two years as the Zips’ coach came over Buffalo in their 2010 finale; the Bulls were 2-10 in 2010.
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