(1903-03-20)March 20, 1903 Arkadelphia, Arkansas, U.S.
Died
September 23, 1964(1964-09-23) (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
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]
^"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.
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