Football
- Title:
- Assistant Head Coach / Defensive Backs
- Email:
- dbowma10@utm.edu
Bowman returns to UT Martin for his first season as co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach in 2020-21Â after previously serving as assistant head coach and defensive backs coach for the Skyhawks during the 2017-18 seasons.
Bowman returns to UT Martin after spending parts of two seasons at Ohio Valley Conference rival Austin Peay from 2019-20. While with the Governors he served as the program’s co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach during its championship campaign in 2019 and through the COVID-shortened 2020 campaign. He previously served as assistant head coach and defensive backs coach at UT Martin from 2017-18.
In his first full season at Austin Peay, the Governors posted their first OVC title since 1977 by posting an overall record of 11-4 while going 7-1 in league play in 2019. The squad also posted a pair of wins in the FCS Playoffs, advancing all the way to the championship semifinals. Statistically, the Govs defense ranked amongst national leaders in defensive touchdowns (11th), total defense (12th), turnovers gained (13th), passing efficiency defense (14th), scoring defense (15th) and interceptions (16th). Austin Peay also ranked amongst league leaders in several categories, including total defensive (first, 304.2 ygg), interceptions (first, 11), scoring defense (second, 20.4 ppg), pass defense (second, 209.2 ypg) and sacks (second, 22).
In addition to his team’s success, Bowman was selected to the American Football Coaches Association 2020 35 Under 35 Coaches Leadership Institute, a prestigious program aimed at identifying and developing premier, future leaders in the football coaching profession.Â
Prior to his time in Clarksville, Bowman called Martin home for two seasons from 2017-18. Bowman was elevated to assistant head coach following the 2017 season after the Skyhawks put up one of the best statistical defenses in the FCS. UT Martin finished the season ranked first in red zone defense (60.6 percent), fourth in scoring defense (14.3 ppg), fourth in first downs defense (168), sixth in total defense (273.8 ypg), sixth in third down conversion percentage defense (28.7 percent), eighth in fourth down conversion percentage defense (28.6 percent), eighth in team passing efficiency defense (104.3), ninth in passing yards allowed (159.9 ypg) and 20th in rushing defense (113.9 ypg) nationally.
Before UT Martin, Bowman served as the defensive backs coach at the University of Arkansas at Monticello for the 2016 season. While leading the secondary unit, the Weevils tallied 11 interceptions on the year along with 34 pass breakups.
Bowman joined Arkansas Monticello following a two-year stint as defensive coordinator at Cordova High School in Memphis. Bowman helped led his team to a 9-2 record while ranking as the fifth-best total defensive unit in the state of Tennessee and first in the Shelby Metro area. During the 2015 season, Bowman coached three first-team all-region defensive backs and two first-team all-state selections.
Bowman was also selected as the defensive coordinator for the Liberty Bowl Memphis Metro All-Star Game both in 2014 and 2015.
A native of Memphis, Bowman played college football at Lambuth University under current Liberty head coach Hugh Freeze where he earned all-conference honors as both a junior and senior. He graduated from Lambuth in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree.
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