Bo Rowland Explained

Bo Rowland
Birth Date:20 March 1903
Birth Place:Arkadelphia, Arkansas, U.S.
Death Place:Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1919–1921
Player Team2:Henderson-Brown
Player Years3:1923–1924
Player Team3:Vanderbilt
Player Positions:End
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1925–1930
Coach Team2:Henderson-Brown
Coach Years3:1931
Coach Team3:Ouachita Baptist
Coach Years4:1932–1934
Coach Team4:Oklahoma (assistant)
Coach Years5:1935
Coach Team5:Syracuse (assistant)
Coach Years6:1936–1939
Coach Team6:Cornell (assistant)
Coach Years7:1940–1942
Coach Team7:The Citadel
Coach Years8:1946–1947
Coach Team8:Oklahoma City
Coach Years9:1948–1951
Coach Team9:George Washington
Coach Sport10:Basketball
Coach Years11:1925–1931
Coach Team11:Henderson-Brown
Coach Years12:1936–1938
Coach Team12:Cornell
Admin Years1:1940–1945
Admin Team1:The Citadel
Overall Record:90–47–7 (football)
40–58 (basketball)
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

Football

Notes and References

  1. News: Bo Rowland, 61, Football Coach And Reynolds Executive, Dies . . . September 24, 1964 . July 5, 2012.
  2. Web site: Class of 1968. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160417195305/http://www.arksportshalloffame.com/inductees/. April 17, 2016.