Bo Rowland

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Bo Rowland

| image =

| alt =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|3|20}}

| birth_place = Arkadelphia, Arkansas, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|9|23|1903|3|20}}

| death_place = Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| 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)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships = Football
3 Arkansas Association (1927–1929)
1 AIC (1930)

| awards = Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame

| coaching_records =

}}

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.{{cite news |title=Bo Rowland, 61, Football Coach And Reynolds Executive, Dies |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1964/09/24/97275404.pdf |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=September 24, 1964 |accessdate=July 5, 2012}} He was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1968.{{cite web|url=http://www.arksportshalloffame.com/inductees/|title=Class of 1968|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417195305/http://www.arksportshalloffame.com/inductees/|archivedate=April 17, 2016}}

Head coaching record

=Football=

{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = no | poll = no }}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Henderson-Brown Reddies

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1925

| endyear = 1926

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| year = 1925

| name = Henderson-Brown

| overall = 5–5–1

| conference =

| bowloutcome = no

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| year = 1926

| name = Henderson-Brown

| overall = 5–3

| conference =

| bowloutcome = no

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Henderson-Brown / Henderson State Reddies

| conf = Arkansas Association

| startyear = 1927

| endyear = 1929

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1927

| name = Henderson-Brown

| overall = 7–0–1

| conference =

| confstanding =

| bowloutcome = no

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1928

| name = Henderson-Brown

| overall = 8–0–1

| conference =

| confstanding =

| bowloutcome = no

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1929

| name = Henderson State

| overall = 6–1–1

| conference = 3–1

| confstanding =

| bowloutcome = no

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Henderson State Reddies

| conf = Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference

| startyear = 1930

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1930

| name = Henderson State

| overall = 8–1

| conference = 5–0

| confstanding = 1st

| bowloutcome = no

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Henderson State

| overall = 39–10–4

| confrecord =

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Ouachita Baptist Tigers

| conf = Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference

| startyear = 1931

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| year = 1931

| name = Ouachita Baptist

| overall = 6–2–1

| conference =

| confstanding =

| bowloutcome = no

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Ouachita Baptist

| overall = 6–2–1

| confrecord =

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = The Citadel Bulldogs

| conf = Southern Conference

| startyear = 1940

| endyear = 1942

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| year = 1940

| name = The Citadel

| overall = 4–5

| conference = 0–4

| confstanding = 15th

| bowloutcome = no

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| year = 1941

| name = The Citadel

| overall = 4–3–1

| conference = 0–2–1

| confstanding = 14th

| bowloutcome = no

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| year = 1942

| name = The Citadel

| overall = 5–2

| conference = 2–2

| confstanding = T–7th

| bowloutcome = no

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = The Citadel

| overall = 13–10–1

| confrecord = 2–8–1

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Oklahoma City Chiefs

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1946

| endyear = 1947

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| year = 1946

| name = Oklahoma City

| overall = 10–1

| conference =

| bowloutcome = no

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| year = 1947

| name = Oklahoma City

| overall = 7–3

| conference =

| bowloutcome = no

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Oklahoma City

| overall = 17–4

| confrecord =

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = George Washington Colonials

| conf = Southern Conference

| startyear = 1948

| endyear = 1951

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| year = 1948

| name = George Washington

| overall = 4–6

| conference = 2–4

| confstanding = T–10th

| bowloutcome = no

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| year = 1949

| name = George Washington

| overall = 4–5

| conference = 2–3

| confstanding = 12th

| bowloutcome = no

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| year = 1950

| name = George Washington

| overall = 5–4

| conference = 4–3

| confstanding = 8th

| bowloutcome = no

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| year = 1951

| name = George Washington

| overall = 2–6–1

| conference = 2–3–1

| confstanding = 9th

| bowloutcome = no

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = George Washington

| overall = 15–21–1

| confrecord = 10–13–1

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 90–47–7

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

}}

References

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Category:1903 births

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Category:Cornell Big Red football coaches

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Category:Henderson State Reddies football coaches

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Category:Henderson State Reddies men's basketball coaches

Category:Oklahoma City Stars athletic directors

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Category:Ouachita Baptist Tigers football coaches

Category:Syracuse Orange football coaches

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