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]