| Kevin Bowring | |
| Birth Name: | Kevin Bowring |
| Birth Date: | 1954 5, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Neath, Wales |
| Ru Position: | Coach |
| Coachteams1: | Wales Under-20 |
| Coachteams2: | Wales Under-21 |
| Coachteams3: | Wales A |
| Coachteams4: | Wales |
| Coachteams5: | Newbury RFC |
| Coachyears4: | 1995–1998 |
| Coachyears5: | 1999–? |
| Ru Coachupdate: | 19:09, 9 January 2013 (UTC) |
Kevin Bowring (9 May 1954 – 10 October 2024) was a Welsh rugby union player and coach. Bowring attended Neath Grammar School for Boys. A flanker, he played for London Welsh and captained the team. He also represented the Barbarians and Middlesex County.
Bowring was born in Neath, Wales on 9 May 1954.[1]
He progressed into coaching with Wales Under-20, Under-21 and Wales A before being appointed the first full-time professional coach of the Wales national rugby union team.[2] He was later employed by the Rugby Football Union as an Elite Coach for the England rugby union team.
Bowring was a board member of UK Coaching (former Sports Coach UK) and a member of the Coaching Committee which sets the overall strategy for sports coaching in the UK.
Bowring died of a heart attack in October 2024, at the age of 70.[3] [1]