Bo Rowland
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]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 20, 1903 Arkadelphia, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | September 23, 1964 (aged 61) Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1919–1921 | Henderson-Brown |
| 1923–1924 | Vanderbilt |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1925–1930 | Henderson-Brown |
| 1931 | Ouachita Baptist |
| 1932–1934 | Oklahoma (assistant) |
| 1935 | Syracuse (assistant) |
| 1936–1939 | Cornell (assistant) |
| 1940–1942 | The Citadel |
| 1946–1947 | Oklahoma City |
| 1948–1951 | George Washington |
| Basketball | |
| 1925–1931 | Henderson-Brown |
| 1936–1938 | Cornell |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1940–1945 | The Citadel |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 90–47–7 (football) 40–58 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 3 Arkansas Association (1927–1929) 1 AIC (1930) | |
| Awards | |
| Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame | |
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
- "Bo Rowland, 61, Football Coach And Reynolds Executive, Dies" (PDF). The New York Times. Associated Press. September 24, 1964. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
- "Class of 1968". Archived from the original on April 17, 2016.