Bobby Bowden

Photograph by Kimberly Schiff

About The Author

Bobby Bowden was known as much for his affable charm as for his championship teams. Having coached young men over seven decades, he was the second-winningest coach in major college football history. The patriarch of college football’s most famous coaching family, Bowden was heavily involved in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Bowden was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006. He died in 2021.

Books by Bobby Bowden

Woodlawn

One Hope. One Dream. One Way.

By Todd Gerelds
Foreword by Bobby Bowden / With Mark Schlabach
Now a major motion picture starring Jon Voight, Nic Bishop, and C. Thomas Howell.

This riveting true story of courage, strength, and football at the height of racial tension in Birmingham, Alabama tells the story of Coach Tandy Gerelds, his running back Tony Nathan, and a...
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Called to Coach

Reflections on Life, Faith and Football

By Bobby Bowden and Mark Schlabach
Foreword by Tony Dungy and Joe Paterno
In this New York Times bestseller, legendary coach Bobby Bowden gives readers an inside look at the path that led him to become one of college football’s most successful coaches.
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