| Dick Foster | |
| Player Years1: | 1957 |
| Player Team1: | Oklahoma |
| Player Positions: | Center, linebacker |
| Coach Years1: | 1958 |
| Coach Team1: | Shawnee HS (OK) (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1959–1963 |
| Coach Team2: | Tulsa Central HS (OK) (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1964–1966 |
| Coach Team3: | McLain HS (OK) |
| Coach Years4: | 1967–1971 |
| Coach Team4: | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M |
| Admin Years1: | 1964–1967 |
| Admin Team1: | McLain HS (OK) |
| Admin Years2: | 1967–1972 |
| Admin Team2: | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M |
| Overall Record: | 40–8 (junior college football) 15–14–2 (high school football) |
| Bowl Record: | 3–0 (junior college) |
| Championships: | Football 2 NJCAA National (1967, 1969) 1 OJCC (1967) |
Charles G. Bowman is a former American football coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College in Miami, Oklahoma from 1967 to 1971 compiling a record of 40–8 and leading his teams to two NJCAA National Football Championships, in 1967 and 1969. Bowman was also the athletic director at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M from 1967 to 1972.
Bowman attended Ponca City High School in Ponca City, Oklahoma, where he played football as a tackle. He then played college football at the University of Oklahoma as a center and linebacker under head coach Bud Wilkinson. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Oklahoma.[1]
Bowman began his coaching career in 1958 at Shawnee High School in Shawnee, Oklahoma as an assistant coach under his brother, Dick Bowman. The next year, he moved onto Central High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma as an assistant football and wrestling coach.[2] He was also the head track coach at Tulsa Central before succeeding John Payne as head football coach and athletic director at Tulsa's McLain High School in 1964.[3] Bowman led McLain to a record of 15–14–2 in three seasons, from 1964 to 1966.[4] He was hired as head football coach at athletic director at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in 1967, succeeding Red Robertson.[1] Bowman resigned from his position at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in 1972 to take a job with Hilco Management Corporation, an owner and operator of apartment complexes and shopping malls in Dallas. He was succeeded as head football coach by Reuben Berry.[5]