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Bo Rowland

Bo Rowland
Biographical details
Born(1903-03-20)March 20, 1903
Arkadelphia, Arkansas, U.S.
DiedSeptember 23, 1964(1964-09-23) (aged 61)
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1919–1921Henderson-Brown
1923–1924Vanderbilt
Position(s)End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1925–1930Henderson-Brown
1931Ouachita Baptist
1932–1934Oklahoma (assistant)
1935Syracuse (assistant)
1936–1939Cornell (assistant)
1940–1942The Citadel
1946–1947Oklahoma City
1948–1951George Washington
Basketball
1925–1931Henderson-Brown
1936–1938Cornell
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1940–1945The Citadel
Head coaching record
Overall90–47–7 (football)
40–58 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
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

Year Team Overall Conference Standing
Henderson-Brown Reddies (Independent) (1925–1926)
1925 Henderson-Brown 5–5–1
1926 Henderson-Brown 5–3
Henderson-Brown / Henderson State Reddies (Arkansas Association) (1927–1929)
1927 Henderson-Brown 7–0–1
1928 Henderson-Brown 8–0–1
1929 Henderson State 6–1–1 3–1
Henderson State Reddies (Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference) (1930)
1930 Henderson State 8–1 5–0 1st
Henderson State: 39–10–4
Ouachita Baptist Tigers (Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference) (1931)
1931 Ouachita Baptist 6–2–1
Ouachita Baptist: 6–2–1
The Citadel Bulldogs (Southern Conference) (1940–1942)
1940 The Citadel 4–5 0–4 15th
1941 The Citadel 4–3–1 0–2–1 14th
1942 The Citadel 5–2 2–2 T–7th
The Citadel: 13–10–1 2–8–1
Oklahoma City Chiefs (Independent) (1946–1947)
1946 Oklahoma City 10–1
1947 Oklahoma City 7–3
Oklahoma City: 17–4
George Washington Colonials (Southern Conference) (1948–1951)
1948 George Washington 4–6 2–4 T–10th
1949 George Washington 4–5 2–3 12th
1950 George Washington 5–4 4–3 8th
1951 George Washington 2–6–1 2–3–1 9th
George Washington: 15–21–1 10–13–1
Total: 90–47–7
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

  1. ^ "Bo Rowland, 61, Football Coach And Reynolds Executive, Dies" (PDF). The New York Times. Associated Press. September 24, 1964. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
  2. ^ "Class of 1968". Archived from the original on April 17, 2016.


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